What You're Doing Tonight

• Mike Dunn & the Kings of New England have their big CD release party for Sundowner tonight. You should go. [Back Booth]

• ALSO having a CD release party tonight: the ass-kicking rockers of Buffalo Gun. You should go. [Will's Pub]

• Not releasing a CD, but instead headlining something called "International Rock Knight" at a pizza place near UCF: local rock en español champions Urbe Prima. You know what? You should go. [Brooklyn Pizza @ UCF]

• Oh yeah, the freakin' Rebirth Brass Band is playing tonight too! YOU SHOULD GO!!! [Plaza Theatre]

Free drugs... kinda.

Well, at least this will sorta make you feel like you're on drugs...

Like any playground pusher worth his salt, local psychedelic band Strangers Family Band is giving their latest seven-track EP for FREE here.

It's a well-played testament to the continuing appeal of substance-induced truth-seeking.

Enjoy. With experienced friends preferably.

What You're Doing Tonight

• Drunken libertarians: Doug Stanhope [Back Booth]

• Sold out: Neko Case [Plaza Theatre]

• Sell outs Cartoons: AFI [HOB]

• $104 tickets! Holy shit! AC/DC [Amway]

• Speed metal from ex-GWAR dude: Mobile Death Camp + Empyrean, Swamplord, Vegan Butcher [Will's]

• Believe the hype: White Denim + Brazos, The Broken Inn (Social)

What You're Doing Tonight

• Ska Is Dead IV: The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deal's Gone Bad [The Social]

• The Downgetters [Will's Pub]

• Stevie B [Tabu]

What You're Doing Tonight

Hey, so are you as worn out from Anti*Pop as I am? I didn't even make it to half the shows I wanted to, and I feel like I went to twice as many as I did. Good lord I am old. (And, seriously, does anyone know what happened to Saturday night's metal show at Central Station?)

Anyway, there are a few shows tonight:

• Halestorm (Back Booth) - If I were 14, I would so be in love with this chick band.
  

• Jet, Plain Jane Automobile (House of Blues)

• The Attack (BBQ Bar)

What You're Buying the Rest of the Year

Well, next week is Thanksgiving, which means that – as far as new releases go, at least – there's not gonna be a whole lot of news. So, "What You're Buying This Week" is gonna take a little hiatus until the release schedules pick back up again. In the meantime, here are a few things that are coming out between now and January that you might be interested in:

November 17

 
Nurse With Wound: Space Music
Norah Jones: The Fall
Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures
Mark Matos & Os Beaches: Words of the Knife
Scorn: Evanescence/Eclipse
Robin Guthrie: Songs to Help My Children Sleep
Anberlin: Anthology (3CD set of all their Tooth & Nail albums)
Kraftwerk: The Catalogue


November 24


Jawbox: For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster
Logan Lynn: From Pillar To Post
Medeski Martin & Wood: Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set

December 1


Gatorface: Wasted Monuments
Morningbell: Sincerely, Severely
R. Kelly: Untitled

December 8


King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King 2CD remaster
Trans Am: What Day Is It Tonight
Helen Money: In Tune
Tricky: Maxinquaye deluxe reissue
Cluster: Curiosum
Zelionople: Give It Up

Slow news day death of the day

The host of MTV's amazing '80s game show, "Remote Control," Ken Ober, died at 52. No cause of death was announced.

"Remote Control"'s emphasis on lazy ambition and sloppy set design, off-kilter structure, hazy game rules and frequent interruptions by a very young Adam Sandler doing god-knows-what made it a must-see for kids like me at the time.

In this clip, some guy from Seminole Community College takes on a douchey Zak Penn (future screenwriter of X-Men: The Last Stand and the upcoming Avengers flick).

Anti-Pop acts we missed: The final day

Republicorpse

By now I'm sure you've noticed that we're a fan of the Anti-Pop (hell, we're downright sponsors!). But as some (three?) of you may know already, this here paper tends to lock down coverage weeks in advance, mainly because the process from Word to print is a long one.



This week we tried to give you a little blurb action on all the acts that were confirmed before lock. We think you'll like it.



However, many, many, many acts have been added since then. For the complete schedule, well, just throw a rock. It's in our paper this week (page 9, yo!), and it's at the Anti-Pop site. 



Let's talk about some of the guys we didn't already, which isn't much tonight.

SATURDAY:

The Pretty Faces (Back Booth) No-frills power pop from South Florida

Beardsley (Tanqueray's) Dive-bar rock out of Clearwater
Only Thieves (Tanqueray's) Appealingly clumsy pop-rock from a Tallahassee trio
Buff Clout (Tanqueray's) Bruising J-ville duo with a hard prog bent

1991 (Uncle Lou's) These guys are just fuckin' giddy with the rock spirit
Republicorpse (Uncle Lou's) Another fantastic local grindcore outfit

Sunny Got Money (57 West) White-boy reggae. Too talented to be doing that.
No Circus (57 West) Man, we loved these guys once. As for what happened since, your guess is good as ours.

Must be the holidays

There's a chill outside (finally), retail outlets are ALREADY throwing out their come-hither-and-buy stares and folks are staring at their desk calendars' highlighted vacation days longingly.

Including musicians.

Yes, it's the holidays and the time when national artists start looking at their bank accounts vs. their ski itineraries and wondering, "Do I really need to play that show in Orlando? I mean, they are a haven for the swine flu, after all."

Some local cancellations below. Expect more as the month progresses.

Forever Tango (Bob Carr, Nov. 18) – I know, you're heartbroken

Queen Latifah (Hard Rock Live, Nov. 18)

Ratt (House of Blues, Nov. 20)

Dashboard Confessional (House of Blues, Nov. 28 & Nov. 29)

Raphael Saadiq (Plaza Theatre, Nov. 29) – Actually heartbroken

Friday's Anti-Pop acts we missed

Bob On Blonde

By now I'm sure you've noticed that we're a fan of the Anti-Pop (hell, we're downright sponsors!). But as some (three?) of you may know already, this here paper tends to lock down coverage weeks in advance, mainly because the process from Word to print is a long one.

This week we tried to give you a little blurb action on all the acts that were confirmed before lock. We think you'll like it.

However, many, many, many acts have been added since then. For the complete schedule, well, just throw a rock. It's in our paper this week (page 9, yo!), and it's at the Anti-Pop site.

Let's talk about some of the guys we didn't already. Tonight is local-heavy.

FRIDAY:

Michael Parallax (Will's Pub) A strange combo of Peter Gabriel and the Polyphonic Spree that should be transcendent but comes off goddamn annoying

The Angst (Firestone Live) Pit-ready local punk
Idol's End (Firestone Live) Word is they need a singer. That's debatable.
Big City Bomber (Firestone Live) Still more local punk!
Tooth and the Enamels (Firestone Live) And more. But we like them. And I'm pretty sure I have a rash from Tooth anointing me with blood last night.
The New Threat (Firestone Live) More punk! Only this time from St. Cloud. Ahh, a twist.

Jason Choi (AKA Lounge) Sensitive acoustic stuff
The Empyres (AKA Lounge) Local Brit Invasion revivalists
Andy Matchett (AKA Lounge) Multi-talented musician that gets passed around the local scene so much it's a wonder he can walk straight. Musically speaking, of course
Bob on Blonde (AKA Lounge) We like them

Varras Tower (Back Booth) A fascinating hip-hop/electronic audio-visual performance
DJ J Storm (Back Booth) A nationally recognized turntable artist
SKIP and Jimmy (Back Booth) Ambitious post-rap with mad crowd appeal
Divinci and Beef Wellington (Back Booth) It's always cause for alarm (and a great time) when these crazed musicians team up

Rouse (Central Station) I fully thought this Americana-lite act broke up months ago
Rug (Central Station) Sincere, foot-stomping jazzy pop
The Beauvilles (Central Station) Quickly gaining a rightful reputation as talented but forced
King Bee (Central Station) Slightly overcooked blues rock out of Miami rendered more interesting by their singer's oddly metallic vocals

The Future Now (Tanqueray's) Messy melodic rock from Gainesville
The Still Voice (Tanqueray's) No clue why this pop-rock act is with this crew and not over at AKA with Matchett and friends, but OK.
Overdale (Tanqueray's) Local hardcore trio with attitude to spare
Watch Me Disappear (Tanqueray's) Reliably face-melting post-hardcore scene vets
The Royal (Tanqueray's) Headliners and I ain't heard of 'em. Let me know if you have.

Furious Dudes (Uncle Lou's) About as loud and rowdy as you could want, this Miami garage-punk group sacrifices quality for aggression and I'm sure they're just fine with that.

Thursday's Anti-Pop acts we missed

Vocal powerhouse Kaleigh Baker (10 p.m., 57 West) is in a class of her own (Photo by Minas)

By now I'm sure you've noticed that we're a fan of the Anti-Pop (hell, we're downright sponsors!). But as some (three?) of you may know already, this here paper tends to lock down coverage weeks in advance, mainly because the process from Word to print is a long one.

This week we tried to give you a little blurb action on all the acts that were confirmed before lock. We think you'll like it.

However, many, many, many acts have been added since then. For the complete schedule, well, just throw a rock. It's in our paper this week (page 9, yo!), and it's at the Anti-Pop site.

Let's talk about some of the guys we didn't already.

THURSDAY:

Orlando Weekly Anti-Pop Showcase (curated by music editor Justin Strout and OW contributors Bao Le-Huu and Jason Ferguson, it's some of our favorite locals)
Tanqueray's, doors at 8, acts start at 8:45
D. Strange - Exciting local freestyle connoisseur
alGARythm - Previous Best Of Orlando finalists for Electronic Act, these guys are supreme purveyors of the weird
J-Biz & Smash City Gauntlet - Distinct in the area for his gruff East Coast flow
Lauris Vidal - A DeLand staple, Vidal mixes Americana with genuine guitar skills. And he totally might cancel.
Cracker Jackson - An area veteran, the wild geek-rap MC puts on a helluva show.

Sincere (AKA Lounge) Local rapper with an intense vocal style
Knaladeus (AKA Lounge) Spiritually minded molasses-drawled MC
Tunji (AKA) Pretty standard hip-hop out of Los Angeles
Looptroop Rockers (AKA) Dance-rap vets out of Sweden, their objective is fun and they get it done.

Elephant Gun (Peacock Room) Funk-minded local rock
The New Lows (Peacock Room) We like 'em
The Ludes (Peacock Room) Power-trio rock featuring omnipresent local Jeff Nolan

Kaleigh Baker (57 West) Yep, we like her too!

Yacht In-Store (Park Ave) It doesn't get better than these intimate performances

Empyrean (Central Station Bar) One of the best local metal bands and an OW favorite
Faethm (Central Station Bar) Melodic, if plodding, local hard rock
Chasing Thrill (Central Station Bar) Warped Tour snots are billed as an acoustic performance here. Smells like trouble.
Swansinger (Central Station Bar) Moody radio rock that wants to be loved but pushes us away