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Your favorite Siouxsie Sioux/Pretenders revivalists Monsters Are Waiting are on tour with She Wants Revenge and Pretty Girls Make Graves.

November 9th 9:30 Club Washington DC 9:00 PM
November 10th Satelite Ballroom Charlottesville, VA 9:00 PM
November 11th House of Blues North Myrtle Beach, SC 8:00 PM
November 13th The Club at Firestone Orlando, FL 8:00 PM
November 14th Earthlink Live Atlanta, GA 8:00 PM
November 15th Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, LA 9:45 PM
November 16th Meridian Houston, TX 9:00 PM
November 17th Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Austin, TX 8:00 PM
November 18th Gypsy Ballroom Dallas, TX 9:00 PM
November 20th Rialto Theatre Phoenix, AZ 7:30 PM
November 21st House of Blues San Diego, CA 6:30 PM
November 25th House of Blues Las Vegas, NV 7:00 PM

Monsters Are Waiting's new album "Fascination" is out right now. You can read all about them, check out some songs and a video on their MySpace page. Click on the pic to go there

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Dim Mak records never fail to satisfy. I don't know what they're doing, but whatever it is, they're doing it right.

The latest Dim Mak release is from a UK band called Scanners. They've opened for the Electric 6, the Wedding Present, The Bravery, The Organ, Juliette & the Licks, and many others. Apparently, word of their intense live performances spread, and their first U.S. show sold out in an hour. Not too bad.

Their sound is new wave, and I know that's what all the 'hype' bands are doing nowadays, but stay with me here. This is not Interpol or the Editors, nor is it the Kooks or the Arctic Monkeys. Think more along the lines of Siouxsie & the Banshees, like "Once Upon a Time - The Singles" Siouxsie. The early stuff. And The Pretenders, that's another excellent reference. The new wave sound of The Scanners is fun. Sarah's vocals aren't a mix of anything, but might be a little similar to Poly Styrene of X Ray Spex (not as screamy) or maybe even Pretty Girls Make Graves. If you remember the '80s and liked the fun somewhat goth/punk stuff, check this out. Check out the Scanners' song "Lowlife." You know the drill, click here for more info.