Weekend Live Music Picks

It's only Thursday, but here are my picks for Halloween weekend. That's Rosemary's Billygoat on the left.

Friday:

Jens Lekman / Nedelle / Richard Swift @ Spaceland [$8] - This is a great chance to see three interesting singer-songwriters on a cheap bill at a small club.

Jens Lekman is a Sweedish pop star with a voice similar to Jonathan Richman but with much fuller arrangements (at least on record). Secretly Canadian is putting out a compilation of a bunch of his stuff on 11/22/05.
Download You Are the Light
Download Maple Leaves

Nedelle is a singer-songwriter from Oakland. She's on the Kill Rock Stars label.
Download Begin to Breathe
Download The Natural Night

Richard Swift is a singer-songwriter also on Secretly Canadian.
Download Lady Day
Download As I Go

Dengue Fever @ the Echo [$8] - If you missed them at Sea Level (see previous post) check them out on Friday.

Saturday:

The 88 @ Sea Level Records @ 3:00 PM [Free] - Catch them for free (and buy the new Rogue Wave and Earlies albums while you're there). Check out my album review for more information.
MC Chris @ Knitting Factory [$12] - If you're an Adult Swim nerd then this is for you. His website has a ton of free downloads.

Lucero @ Troubadour [$12] - If you're an alt-country nerd then this is the show for you.

Sunday:

Rosemary's Billygoat @ Spaceland [Free] - Not my kind of music, but it looks like a great theatrical (GWAR-style) pre-Halloween event. Cool costumes, silly lyrics and no cover charge.

Mt. Egypt & Goldspot @ Tangier [$10] - I've pitched Mt. Egypt every week and I still haven't seen him. Goldspot has a lyric about being Paxil addicted. Bound to be a lot more mellow than the Spaceland show.