Weekend warriors, get ready

Samples from four tracks of the new Spank Rock EP are streaming at the duo's MySpace page. You can get a a taste of that -- the Philadelphia duo's [Naeem Juwan, pictured] "Bangers & Cash" EP is due out this fall on Downtown, with a new album planned for early next year -- to warm up for the electro-party-dudes' set Saturday at the Neighborhood Festival. Or you can just load Nocturnal's website and trance out.

They're a couple of the bazillion music offerings this weekend. I will leave bunches out, but here goes:

Touts for Friday, Sept. 28

Critical faves the National, whose album "Boxer" will get mounds of attention on the best-of-2007 lists, headline the Wiltern. ... Comeback kids Imperial Teen play Spaceland. ... Big night at the Hotel Cafe: Sylvie Lewis has a release show for her new album ""Translations" at 8; Rob Dickinson (ex-Catherine Wheel) has a solo outing at 9; and Jim Bianco continues his string of Friday night parties at 10. ... Low starts a two-night stand at the Troubadour. ... Girl Talk parties at the Echoplex. ...  Dirty Harry celebrates the release of her album "Songs From the Edge" with a show at the Knitting Factory. ... And El Ten Eleven celebrates the release of "Every Direction Is North" at El Cid.

Touts for Saturday, Sept. 29

Big doings: Bright Eyes with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl; the indie dance-oriented Neighborhood Festival at Exposition Park; the electronica rave Nocturnal Festival in downtown L.A.; and the music/art/film collision called the Swerve Festival headquartered at Barnsdall Art Park.

The highlights: People will swoon over Bright Eyes at the Bowl;  the dance crowd will be nuts for the likes of the Chemical Brothers, Paul Van Dyk and Carl Cox at Nocturnal; and the Faint, Spank Rock and Crystal Castles will offset some of the, ahem, other acts at Neighborhood. On the lawn at Barnsdall in the afternoon, Foreign Born and the Black Angels will play at Swerve; Bonde Do Role leads the Swerve dance party at night at the Echoplex.

And on the club scene: Service Group (at the Scene Bar) and Sasha Sacket (Tangiers) have record-release shows, while the Good Listeners bring their good vibes to Bordello.

Choose wisely.

Touts for Sunday, Sept. 30

If you're still standing after Saturday, DeVotchka leads the afternoon lineup at Swerve, and We Are Scientists play the festival's closing party at the Echoplex.

Comments

[wayne]

It's good to see Imperial Teen back. A very understated and underrated band.