8 1/2 DJS: BEYONDADOUBT, LINGER AND QUIET, NATHAN DETROIT, COPY, ZAC ENO, NEW DADZ, SEX LIFE, JEFFREY JERUSALEM(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Dance, mothereffer, dance! Join Holocene and a passel of great DJs (I'm no mathemagician, but there are 8.5 of them to be exact) for this second iteration of the all-star DJ dance party. Wear your glad rags, 'cause tonight you're going to dance 'til you can't dance no more. COURTNEY FERGUSON
TENNIS, DIRTY MITTENS, AIR WAVES(Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Read our article about Tennis.
FORGETTERS, STREET EATERS, SOCIAL GRACES(Branx, 320 SE 2nd) Read our article about Forgetters.
INTERPOL, SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS(Roseland, 8 NW 6th) I can distinctly remember the first time I heard Interpol. There was no outcry of Joy Division plagiarism (sorry, dudes, aside from the voice, I'm still not hearing it), no visual component to the band (the suits, the hair, DUDES, WHY THE HAIR?), just the bold, alluring cover of Turn on the Bright Lights and the hypnotic spin of "Untitled" and me at a listening station in the otherwise lifeless University District Cellophane Square (R.I.P.) in Seattle. Musically, it's still a great album, even if it's marred by subsequent revelations of the band's other-than-musical missteps, including what The Stranger's Michaelangelo Matos rightly noted as "the worst lyrics in rock music." Live, Interpol are competent if a little lackluster—or at least they were before Carlos Dengler left. Proceed at your own risk. GRANT BRISSEY
A complete listing of this week's shows can be viewed here.