Despite the humid torpor of being in the thick of the summer, our city’s concert calendar is valiantly attempting to get you out of the house. There are some good shows this week! Get out and enjoy them!
Monday, July 9
- Best Coast [Social]
- Noise Garage [Will’s] – Jam sessions are boring. This one is not.
Wednesday, July 11
- Kitty Pryde, Loud Valley, Maximino [Back Booth] – This show is free. Since Kitty Pryde is, like, the hottest thing around right now, you should probably get there early.
Thursday, July 12
- Yip Yip, Touch People, Telethon, Fortune Howl [Will’s] – It’s the first local shows by Telethon and Yip-Yip in quite a while. Should be packed with newness and surprise!
- Placeholder, Secret Plot to Destroy the Entire Universe, Wester, Collision, Abandon the Midwes [Uncle Lou’s]
Friday, July 13
- The Status Byte Breakdown: A Night of Controllerism with Beef Wellington, DiViNCi, Chrono, Gradient Echo, Stereo 77 [Social] – You kids think you know how to make a controller do wild-ass shit? You’re wrong. These folks will show you how to make those pads and buttons and programs make some magic.
- Everyday Ghosts CD Release with Mad Sexual Genius, the Dropa Stone, Black Tent Revival [Plaza]
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- Sonu Nigam [Bob Carr]
- Daikaiju, Tam Tam the Sandwich Man and the Magical Sugar Cookies, Alias Punch, Yogurt Smoothness [Will’s]
Saturday, July 14
- Acacia Strain, Oceano, the Chariot, In Fear and Faith, For all Those Sleeping, Volumes, Hands Like Houses [Plaza]
- Paper Street Soap Company, the Products [Will’s]
- Beebs and her Money Makers, Teflon Don, Playground Heroes, the Hoverounds [House of Blues]
Sunday, July 15
- Southern Fried Sunday benefit for the Mustard Seed [Will’s, Wally’s, Peacock, and more]
- Tallhart [Social]
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2012.