For West Coast music fans, Scottish indie poppers The Trash Can Sinatras will play
Slim's on October 5th. I think Str8 saw their showcase in LA a couple of months ago (and if he didn't, he should surrender all of his trucker hats and Von Dutch clothing. Actually, he should surrender all that stuff anyway.)
For East Coast music fans, AC Newman (Carl from the official band of the FB, The New Pornographers) will be playing in New York tonight, Philly on Friday, D.C. on Saturday, and Austin next Wednesday with fledgling indie darlings Rogue Wave.
The supercool Canadian with the redhot Oakland band - it's like the McDLT, but with guitars.
Oh, and Record Surplus in LA is having another giant sale at the end of the month.
Plus, people in the patch can feel like a hipster-for-a-day by seeing Rogue Wave on the John McEnroe show Thursday night at 10 pm. (Trucker hats optional.)