Lakeshore Theater, tonight, 9:30 p.m., $8, 21+ more ›

While it hasn’t exactly been occupying our every thought, we have occasionally wondered what Thax Douglas is up to out in New York. Last week, before Riviera took the stage at Martyr’s, we even caught ourselves mumbling things like “the earth wraps itself in a sheet of pale indigo cockle shells and absorbs its balmy reputation over the rice paddies of insolence.” more ›

For this week’s edition of Empty Out Your Wallet we’ve decided to primarily point you to smaller shows whose tickets are already available for purchase, plus one surprise. We’re always on the side of the little guy (and / or gal) and believe that they are deserving of your pre-show guaranteed dollars as well. Decemberists Alasdair Roberts The Decemberists are this year’s Death Cab For Cutie with a better background in literature and seamanship. We... more ›

Casting tryouts are coming up for two reality TV shows that feature musical groups looking to replace a member who died. The groups? TLC and INXS. Let's here it for acronyms. And dead band members! R U The Girl features T-Boz and Chilli, the 2 remaining members of TLC, as they try to find a female performer to replace Left Eye who was killed in a car crash in 2002. Oh, wait. Replacing Left Eye?... more ›