[One sentence apiece, over and out, and out for the weekend …]

Compare lineups and decide for yourself, but $40 for a Summer Strummer ticket and $35.50

for the Detour Festival?

My holiday weekend heavy-rotation handful: "The Ortolan" by the Deadly Syndrome; "Astronomy

for Dogs" by the Aliens; "A

New Hope" by Minipop; "Let Us Now

Praise Sleepy John" by Peter Case;

and "The

Brit Box," the four-disc box set coming in October from Rhino.

And,

by the way, the Deadly Syndrome

turned its song "Eucalyptus" into an arena-rocker last night at the Roxy.

People (and some of them may be your friends) are all atwitter over the new

Britney Spears "Gimme More," which is all glitch and heavy breathing and so

disposable I’m tired of it after streaming it once here.

It’ll be almost like getting of town for the weekend — Brian Jonestown Massacre,

Saturday and Sunday, at the Echoplex.

No explanation, but the Little Ones have cancelled

their West Coast tour dates with Voxtrot, including Sept. 23 at the Fonda.

PJ Harvey has scheduled a show Oct. 15 at the

Orpheum.

Imagine that, the Cold

War Kids, headlining the Wiltern, on Nov. 23.

Happy 30th birthday, Morning Becomes Eclectic (special programming all

weekend).

There’s one of those nifty art space shows tonight with a pretty

strong lineup of locals; details here.

Stores like Urban Outfitters make me break out in a sweat, but I’ll be stopping by to drop

$14 on the two-disc charity

compilation "Give.Listen.Help #4," which features tracks from the likes of

Patti Smith, Coldplay, Mew, Silversun Pickups, The Go! Team, Travis, Rilo Kiley, Band of

Horses, Interpol, Cold War Kids, Air and Blonde Redhead.

Happy long weekend

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