So you think you know it all, smarty-pants? You say you can get from Kevin Bacon to the avarage annual rainfall in the Amazon valley in three degrees of separation? Well, come on out and prove it!

After a long hiatus, Shayne from the acoustic pop-punk-antifolk-country-acousticore Future Kings of Nowhere is doing a house tour - and he's stopping by our house! You should too.

The Desmonds formed in 1992 as Jeff Carroll and the Desmonds, releasing "Chocolate Box" an eleven song album in 1994 under the Accidental label. Now they're back, simply as The Desmonds.

Last year we asked, "When will you ever get the chance to come on out and see Australian yodeling again?" Well my friends, the answer is this week, Wednesday *and* Thursday! The Red Hot Poker Dots are good friends from Down Under who play country, rocking, hillbilly originals.

The Shakedown are groove-obsessed, suckers for an infectious harmony who's goal is to induce a frenzied mob of freak-dancing, pop-lock-and-dropping, shuck-and-jiving, soulja-boying, and slam-dancing.

Last year we asked, "When will you ever get the chance to come on out and see Australian yodeling again?" Well my friends, the answer is this week, Wednesday *and* Thursday! The Red Hot Poker Dots are good friends from Down Under who play country, rocking, hillbilly originals.

What is a Happitizer? It's a small bite to eat. It's tapas courtesy of Elaine's on Franklin. Support the early show and get a snack while you're at it.

Joltwagon, from Asheville, North Carolina, is forging its own blend of rock with intriguing songwriting, soaring guitar work, and clawhammer banjo, moving effortlessly from freewheeling rock to alt-country to gypsy/klezmer instrumentals.

The Firehouse Rhythm Kings is an upstart swing ensemble based out of Carrboro. It's guaranteed to make you jump and jive!

Judy Woodall (of Muletrain fame) brings her new band, Her Extinguished Gentlemen, for an evening of musical enchantment.

It's a triple, triple, triple bill, y'all! Raised By Wolves' new cd was rated one of 2008's top ten by Creative Loafing. The Calico Haunts write moody, edgy songs that have both a little Crazy Horse and a little Leonard Cohen hanging out, talking muses, then making out. Gambling the Muse makes dark, twangy music about murder, drinking and wayward women.