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Hailing from our beloved city of Austin, TX, What Made Milwaukee Famous has all the right ingredients for no-need-to-actually-listen-to-them indie cred: a hip home town, a nonsensical phrase for a name, indie stalwart Barsuk as their record label, opening gigs for Arcade Fire and an appearance on "Austin City Limits" (ultra-rare for a then-unsigned band). But we do think you need to listen to their alternately smiling and soaring songs, which is why we're giving one of you a copy of their album trying to never catch up, out next Tuesday. Launch their e-card to listen to songs and watch video from their ACL performance, and enter to win their CD. (Contest ends 8/23; winner will be notified via email.) What Made Milwaukee Famous open for French Kicks at Cafe Du Nord Friday and Saturday night.

Tonight catch a free show by Cut Chemist at Amoeba at 5pm. You can enter for your chance to win a Vestax Handy Trax portable turntable signed by Cut Chemist. We've got a Handy Trax of our own and we highly recommend it as a cheap, portable record player (and no, Vestax didn't pay us to say that.) Later on, do yourself a huge favor and head to The Independent for the romantic Eastern European sounds of Denver's own DeVotchKa. Go to DeVotchKa's website to stream several of their gorgeous songs.

On Friday, come to Varnish to celebrate SFist's 2nd birthday. DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio, SFist's very favorite DJ, will be spinning and we'll be playing some SFist Bingo. After the SFist party's over, head to Cafe Du Nord to check out What Made Milwaukee Famous opening for the French Kicks, or see the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at The Independent. All of those bands are playing again on Saturday night too.

If you're interested in music and technology, check out the Bandwidth Shindig on Saturday at the Apple Store. It's a day-long offshoot of the Bandwidth Music Conference that's in town, but this part is free and open to the public. This SFist is speaking at 2pm on the "Be Your Own Entertainment Mogul" panel, so come on out and bring your toughest, most hard-hitting questions (or just hold up a posterboard sign that says "SFist RULES!" Either way). If you'd rather just see some music on Saturday, the inaugural Festival of the Golden Gate is happening at the Great Meadow at Fort Mason. The lineup is pretty great, with performances by James Brown, Dr. John, Brian Setzer, the Donnas and more. Ticket prices range from $35-150, which seem pretty pricey after this week's announcement of the upcoming Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival lineup (all for free!). Tickets for another pricey festival go on sale on Saturday morning, but this one would include the purchase of travel and hotel to Las Vegas. The second annual Las Vegas Music Festival, Vegoose for short, runs from October 27-31 and includes performances by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Mars Volta, The Black Crowes, Fiona Apple, The Raconteurs and many more. Check out the full festival lineup.

On Sunday, the summer music series at Stern Grove ends with a performance by Ozomatli and Crown City Rockers. That afternoon 12 Galaxies presents an interview with The Church followed by a screening of Jeff VanderMeer's short film, "Shreik", all for free. Later that night The Church play with Rob Dickinson from The Catherine Wheel at Great American.

On Tuesday at 6pm see The Mountain Goats at Amoeba for free. Later that night, the hype is at The Independent with Oh No! Oh My!. After a quick listen we really liked their song "I Have No Sister". It sounds a bit Neutral Milk Hotel-esque, but that's a good thing in our book. On Wednesday catch yet another amazing free show (ain't San Francisco grand?) at Amoeba when Don Caballero plays their mathy, brain-rock instrumentals. They headline Bottom of the Hill afterward. Also later that night The Nuge rocks The Fillmore without his VH1 bandmates from Fist Damnocracy. I guess it's hard to teach an old huntin' dog new tricks. It's probably a better idea to head to Berkeley to support two all-volunteer, Bay Area grassroots groups by attending a benefit music show for Prisoners Literature Project and Berkeley Liberation Radio. The lineup is more than worth your $7-20 (sliding donation) with Japanther, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Two Gallants and more. It all takes place at the Lobot Gallery.