The hanging heat of the week kicks off strong with Japanese drone metallords BORIS playing and recording live at Third Man and also Bayonet Records comes to town with Frankie Cosmos. Catchy NOLA janglers Video Age pop through town Wednesday, then the weekend keeps up the pace with the Essential Tremors EP release show at Soft Junk on Friday plus Wrenne Evans‘ “Learn to Eat Alone” photography show as part of the art crawl THEN Diarrhea Planet and Gnarwhal at Fort Houston’s leg of the crawl. L8R

Monday, August 1

:: BORIS
:::: Earth
@ Third Man Records
$sold out – 18+ – 8PM

:: Frankie Cosmos
:::: Warehouse
:::::: Soccer Mommy
@ The End
$15 – 18+ – 8PM

:: Stove
:::: Mannequin Pussy
@ Third Man Records in-store
$free – all ages – 5PM

Tuesday, August 2

:: Accidente
:::: American Dream
:::::: Amy Darling
:::::::: the Oh La Las
@ Fond Object
$5 – All ages – 7PM

:: Peripheral Visions presents: Lemora
@ Third Man Records
$10 – 18+ – 7PM

:: Donovan Wolfington
:::: Happy Diving
:::::: Slowtalker
:::::::: Skoolgirl
@ Two Boots Pizza
$7 – all ages – 8PM

Wednesday, August  3

:: Video Age
:::: Big Surr
:::::: Heinous Orca
@ Meal Ticket
$5 – All ages – 9PM

:: Rocky Block
:::: Thomas Borelli
:::::: Whit Smith is a Dad
@ Two Boots
$free – All ages – 8PM

:: Sarah Conley
:::: Hank Compton
:::::: Soccer Mommy
:::::::: Sarah McEvoy
@ The End
$5 – 18+ – 9PM

Thursday, August 4

:: Harley Alexander
:::: Free Pizza
:::::: Boyscott
:::::::: Slumbers
@ NEW Drkmttr (go if u know)
$7 – all ages – 9PM

:: “Triple Fantasy” Art Show
:::: feat. Elijah Burgher
:::::: Tracy Nakayama
:::::::: Benjy Russell
@ Third Man Records
$free – all ages – 6PM

:: Kid Freud
:::: Harpooner
:::::: Heinous Orca
@ Mercy Lounge
$5 – 18+ – 9PM

Friday, August 5

:: Essential Tremors (EP release)
:::: Aquarian Blood
:::::: Serration Pulse
:::::::: Spodee Boy
@ Soft Junk
$7 – all ages – 8PM

:: Sweet Knives
:::: Datenight
@ Fond Object
$5 – All ages – 7PM

:: Austin Manuel
:::: Good Buddy
@ The Basement
$5 – 21+ – 7PM

:: Butthole
:::: Inbetween Days
:::::: Boyscott
:::::::: Group Nap
@ 6217 Robertson Ave.
$3 – all ages – 8PM

Saturday, August 6

:: “Learn to Eat Alone” – photography of Wrenne Evans
@ Infinity Cat
$free – all ages – 7PM

:: Diarrhea Planet
:::: Gnarwhal
:::::: feat. visual art of Harry Kagan
:::::::: kkbbkb
:::::::::: Ian Bush
@ Fort Houston
$Free – All ages – 6PM

:: The Pink Spiders perform “Teenage Graffiti”
@ Mercy Lounge
$10 – 18+ – 8PM

:: The Burps
:::: Indighost
:::::: Commoners
:::::::: Black Venus
@ the Glass Menage
$free – all ages – 9PM

Sunday, August 7

:: Find a body of water and a colddrink
:::: Private if poss
:::::: Public’s cool too
@ Cumberland River watershed
$free – all ages – all day