Everybody cheer! The locals in Thee More Shallows are releasing a new record this week! They're playing a free set at Amoeba Records tonight at 7pm and the big record release party is on Friday at Cafe Du Nord. Listen to their adventurous song structures, buzzy and fuzzy keyboard sounds and strangely mesmerizing lyrics ("at the night school, night school" has been running through our head all day). Enter to win a copy of their brand new album Book of Bad Breaks out now on Anticon Records. (Winner will be notified via email.)

We had a grand old time at the Warfield last night seeing our friends in Cursive. They played second in the lineup of four testosterone-filled bands and were done with their set by around 8:45pm, which was pretty surreal. Against Me! impressed us with their energy and synchronicity and we were completely traumatized by the sheer volume of Mastodon. Their sound shook the hairs on our head and made our chest hurt. For real. We retreated to the quiet calm of Cursive's tour bus parked on Turk and Taylor and laughed when the guys claimed it was the most dangerous street corner they'd ever seen ("I literally saw someone smoking crack"). Welcome to San Francisco!

On to this week's show recommendations: Tonight the Old 97's bring their jangly, clever rock to the Fillmore. Elvis Costello & The Imposters are at the Warfield. Popscene presents a DJ set by Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service, Dntel) in celebration of his new record out now on Sub Pop, along with a set by the UK's The Apartment, all at 330 Ritch. Cloud Cult, Music For Animals and Amateurs are at Bottom of the Hill, and Great American has Minus The Bear, The Honorary Title and Chin Up Chin Up. Watch the video for The Honorary Title's "Frame by Frame":

You have another chance to catch Jimmy Tamborello at 7pm on Friday at Amoeba and then celebrate with Thee More Shallows at Cafe Du Nord with Scrabbel and Social Studies. Frog Eyes will sound vaguely tortured at Bottom of the Hill when they play with Alex Delivery and the back porch singalong sound of Oakland's Port O'Brien.

Listen to:
Frog Eyes
Port O'Brien

On Saturday catch Califone, Eric Johnson (of Fruit Bats, not the Texas-based guitar slinger) and The Dying Californian at Bottom of the Hill. On Sunday Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts touch down at Bottom of the Hill for a show with Stars Of Track And Field. See some great local music for free on Monday night at Cafe Du Nord at the Grass Roots Record Company Extravaganza. The lineup features Them Hills, Lee Bob Watson, Casual Fog and Ra Ra Rabbit. Maybe you'll see a super secret Britney show on Monday, or maybe not, but either way Red Devil Lounge is going to make a killing at the bar.

On Tuesday, Willow Willow celebrate a record release at Cafe Du Nord with Bart Davenport and Ricky Lee Robinson. On Wednesday, Storm Large & The Balls take over the Red Devil Lounge. For something altogether more tame, check out Pete and J's EP release show at the Make-Out Room. Fans of the Court and Spark might enjoy their throwback 70's singer-songwriter sound, complete with at least one Art Garfunkel-inspired hairstyle.

Listen to Pete and J