8/7/08

THURSDAY

Jason Shannon Band and Bill Mike Band with MC Carnage @ Mears Park (St. Paul), zero bucks, 6:00 music starts.

JT Bates, Adam Linz and Paul Metzger and Volcano Insurance (Luke Polipnick, Joey Van Phillips and Chris Bates) @ Rogue Buddha Gallery, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Love in October, Handsome Deville, Casanatra and Butterfly Assassins @ the Entry, 6 bucks, 8:00.

Dance Band and Mel Gibson & the Pants @ MMAA Patio Nights, 7 bucks, 7:00.

Invisible Boy, Future Islands (Baltimore), Ear Pwr (Asheville) and A Dude Named Cole @ Eclipse, 5 bucks, 7:00. Some of these folks are also in the bands Vampire Hands and Haunted House, which may be bands you like. In fact, I'd bet on it.

Les Deux Magots, Kentucky Sound Arsenal, Sin Horses, Falcon Arrow and The Japanese Space Program @ Hexagon, zero bucks, 9:00.

Travis and Jonny, Capitol Jay and Ian Alexy @ Turf Club, 5 bucks, 9:00. Also seeing Broken Billy and Anthony Newes alternately billed sans Ian Alexy. Hey, don't ask me.

Dreamland Faces and Chimera @ 331 Club, zero bucks, 9:30.

She & Him featuring Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond @ First Ave, 16/18 bucks, 6:00.

We Are Scientists and The Oxford Collapse @ Varsity, 14 bucks, 8:00.

We Fest with Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts et al tonight, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, LeAnn Rimes, Little Big Town et al tomorrow, and Brad Paisley, Wynonna, Dierks Bentley, Billy Ray Cyrus et all Saturday @ Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, $75/day or $175 3 day pass plus all that camping nonsense.