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Just a heads up --

Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be at the Mayan Theater in LA on August 22, 2007 -- tickets are available here (general on-sale this Saturday)....

Metric will be at the Fonda on October 05, 2007 -- tickets are available here (general on-sale this Saturday as well)....

Friday, August 09 at All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock -- more details at myspace.com/secretshows.

I love Rilo Kiley and I love secret shows.

First - Yellowcard have a secret show next Monday, August 13 in LA. Details below:

Yellowcard will be having a secret show in Los Angeles on Monday, August 13th where they will be playing fans' requests! 100 lucky fans in the Los Angeles area will be chosen to attend the show (they will be informed of the location later).

Someone will contact you if you are one of the lucky fans chosen!

Myspace will be streaming the show on August 13 - 5PM Pacific, at www.myspace.com/yellowcard

Also... Rilo Kiley will be playing at Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, Sept 05. Tickets available at 1iota.

Today:

Tickets for The Sounds at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on September 17 are now on (pre-)sale. Get them here (get the password via the Sounds' myspace page).

Merritt Lear and Joe Cassidy (Butterfly Child, Assassins) are at the M Bar in Los Angeles. Justin Webb (of The Webb Brothers) is also playing.

worth checking out --

Carina Round at Hotel Cafe (9pm, 21+)
Midnight Movies at Echoplex (8pm, 21+, free)

Because I love Rilo Kiley -

• Stream Under the Blacklight (out August 21, 2007) at Myspace
• LA Times article - full band interview
• LA Times article - Q&A with Jenny Lewis
• Johnathan Rice + a lot of fun cameos
• LAist is looking for a cd reviewer

via Spinner. Super cute. Thanks bn.

OFFICE (from Chicago) is playing in LA this week --

TONIGHT at Cinespace

Thursday night at the Roxy

Try to make it out if you can...

Download it at their Myspace page. I LOVE it.

The new album is called Cease to Begin (artwork above) and you can pre-order it at Sub Pop.