Other dates

• Guns’n'Bombs: ‘Disco Night @ The Big Horse’ mix / Acid Girls, Ghostface Killah, The Cult & Junior Senior remixes by Missingtoof

  "Photo credit: The Cobrasnake L.A.’s Guns’N'Bombs are wise old record collectors. You probably know they crank out the finest gentleman’s techno, but did you know that they do the disco? The folks at Echo Park Records gave us this mix last week and it’s been the rotation for summer ever..."

• My Desert Island Is Stuck in 1997 by Baby, You Got a Stew Goin'!

  "So I happened to catch about 30 minutes or so of High Fidelity on TV this morning. It was the first time that I'd seen any portion of the movie in years, and possibly since I saw it in the theater. Let's be honest here -- the movie is awful...."

• This Week's Interesting CD Releases by Largehearted Boy

  "Bruce Springsteen returns this week with a new album, Magic. This week Sony releases a 3-disc career retrospective of another American music legend, Bob Dylan.Other releases I can recommend this week include Division Day's debut full-length, Beartrap Island, Mobius Band's Heaven, Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge, and the Sadies' New Seasons...."

• John Vanderslice and Bishop Allen @ The Bowery Ballroom by Battle of the Midwestern Housewives

  "I wasn't in a great mood Wednesday night and I wasn't too pumped about heading back into the city after work and getting home late after the show. Nevertheless I dragged myself onto the subway and out to the Bowery Ballroom.Every iota of bad feeling I had that night evaporated..."