BAD RELIGION, BOUNCING SOULS, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
(Roseland, 8 NW 6th) We get it, Bad Religion is OLD. But Greg Graffin & Co. can still deliver a lights-out punk rock show that elevates both mind and body. If that's not enough Graffin for you, the UCLA professor will sign and discuss his new book, Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World without God on Tuesday at Powell's on Hawthorne. I think it's an erotic thriller about teenage vampires. EZRA ACE CARAEFF
DAVID DONDERO, THE MOANERS, ALAMEDA
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Read our article on David Dondero.
SAMOTHRACE, MEGATON LEVIATHAN, ABSENCE OF LIGHT, EALDATH
(Plan B, 1305 SE 8th) Portland band Megaton Leviathan aren't another doom metal band, exactly. The droning, cavernous songs have just the right amount of razor-wire edge to give their downtempo sludge a crisper sheen, brightening the scorched earth with shoegaze-y, infinite echo and distinctly human singing from vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Andrew James Costa. Their debut album Water Wealth Hell on Earth is a four-song beast, with the title track split into two lengthy segments, and a 33-minute finale in the form of the amorphous drone of "A Slow Death in D Minor." Water Wealth Hell on Earth is available in a limited edition of 500 from Spanish label Feretro Records, and tonight marks the hometown CD release show. Record collectors might want to get their copy before they’re all gone: Megaton Leviathan are already talking about re-tracking the drums with the band’s original drummer Matt Brim for a re-release of the record at some point down the road. NED LANNAMANN
Nosaj Thing, as well as a link to the complete show listings, after the jump!