, but given Grove's and Rosset's history, it's bound to cover plenty of interesting stuff. more ›

EVERYBODY SAY YEA: Did you see Yeasayer at that show they played with psych rockers Black Mountain last year? We did, and that night we became heartfelt believers in the pounding, global jungle magic of the foursome from Brooklyn. It's a smart idea to listen to their recorded material (here or here) to see if you like the direction they're headed, but to be honest, Yeasayer's got ten times more energy going for them at a live show; leave your inhibitions at home and lose yourself to the rhythm at Neumos for a few hours tonight. Guaranteed to at least pierce the fog of your fall blues. more ›

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE IGNORANT: There's something almost charming about books like Jonathan Curiel's , an earnest effort to demonstrate, through their contributions to American culture, that Arabs and Muslims are not such a scary Other but rather a part of the American cultural fabric, and have been so for a long time. There's a bit of "duh" factor to most of this, it sounds like, and we doubt that understanding how appropriation of Turkish music led to surf rock classics like "Miserlou" is going to sway your average Muslim-hater. Still, it's an interesting take and one little enough explored to justify heading up to Town Hall tonight to see Curiel speak. more ›

NON-FRENCH MUSIC: The High Dive hosts NadaMucho's New Music Mondays on, well, Mondays. The results are sometimes plenty interesting. Tonight, we're particularly interested in Canadian rock duo The Vicious Guns. Also, Look Closer and The Side Project. more ›

. Casella, a physician, draws on her intimate knowledge of the health industry to construct a dramatic portrait of the subtleties and complexities of medical malpractice, when a child's death on the operating table sends an anesthesiologist's life into a tail-spin. more ›

Tonight, Das Llamas celebrate their new album Class Wars: K-12 at the Comet. The local rock fourpiece stomp out a little bit of everything, from synthy no-wave punk to dirty electro rock, offering up "a platypus of sound that is a new noise in a new era." more ›