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Hotel Lights and Ben Folds Five - hey, remember Ben Folds Five? That was a cool band...) and Clint, Michigan with Amy Bezunartea.

We can't say we're entirely proud of ourselves for this, but we have to admit we're totally loving Black Fingernails, Red Wine, the third album and latest release from Australian trio Eskimo Joe (MySpace). Sure, it's pop. But it's also totally fun (one might even say irresistible), infectious, danceable pop rock with a New Wave (sometimes almost Depeche Mode-ish) flavor, and a piano often tinkling in the background. Download two of our favorite tracks off the album below:

Fionn Regan Giveaway
10/1/2007-10/5/2007

He's saying Goodbye, and you might not even know him yet. He's Ulrich Schnauss (MySpace), and he's got some shoe-gazing electro-pop he'd like you to hear. That's why he's coming to World Cafe Live tomorrow night, accompanied by Soundpool and Brooklyn dream pop band Mahogany.

Countering all the claims that electronic music took a sharp dive in the mid to late 90's has been the continued quality of composition from producers like BT (Brian Transeau), a Berklee College of Music dropout who began his electro-dance music career working with his DJ friends Deep Dish in Washington DC on the way to earning international fame as a trance music pioneer.

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Kristoffer Ragnstam (also on MySpace, natch) is playing a free show at World Cafe's Upstairs Live venue this Friday night at 7PM, and we wanted to let you know it might be worth dropping by to check him out. He's from Sweden, but you'd hardly know it when you listen to him sing on his latest EP, Do you want a piece of me. Sure, he's got a slight accent, and there's that one song where he mentions Stockholm, but otherwise his music is pure American rock - sometimes in the classic, quasi-Rolling Stones variety, other times flavored with funk, indie, or dance/electronica - but rock all the same. The standout track is definitely "Breakfast by the Mattress" (mp3), a catchy pop track about stars or something. We're not clear on that, but the chorus is super-fun. Our favorite line is from the chorus of another of his songs, though: "I woke up left-handed." Wow! That was a bad night. But we bet you'll have a good night listening to Mr. Ragnstam this Friday.

Cindy Sheehan: Well known anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan speaks today at noon at the Free Library (1901 Vine Street) about her new memoir, Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism. Free

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free @ Upstairs Live!: Mark Dignam and John Spillane with Josh Komorowski at 8PM. 3025 Walnut Street Soraia: Soraia, Citizens Of Contrary Knowledge, Superhero & Heavy Hand at The Khyber (56 S. 2nd Street). $8 Free Fringe: Don't forget it's Fringe season, and several shows are free. Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

Fancy Pants Cinema: Free, weekly showcase for local filmmakers, 10PM at the North Third Restaurant (3rd & Brown Streets).

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R5 Productions is offering not one but two all-ages punk rock shows this week at the First Unitarian Church (22nd and Chestnut Streets) - named, very cleverly, Holidays In The Slush Day #1 and #2. Each show features five acts from all over the world, including some acts (The Boils and Mischief Brew) from our own fair city. Holidays in the Slush #1 begins at 7:30PM Friday night and has an admission fee of $10. Slush #2 begins at 2:30 PM the next day - and has a slightly less frugal fee of $12; however, we did notice that participating band, Dillinger Four, promises "melodic naked punk mayhem" and "psychotic naked behavior from Patty", and we all know nudity will cost you extra. See R5 Productions' Shows page for more information and a full listing of the bands.