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We're not crazy about instrumental music (in case you haven't noticed) so we're especially impressed when an artist can break through our predilections. RATATAT's music is so melodic, varied and compelling that it makes vocals and lyrics seem superfluous. The Brooklyn duo expertly mixes snakey synth lines with sneering guitar, cello, sleigh bells and samples like the appropriately primal roar in "Wildcat". It's a little early to tell, but RATATAT's Classics just might make it on to SFist's Best of '06 list. File under: Things That Make You Go "ROWR!"

SFist had a rock-n-roll weekend that started last Friday night at Varnish for our 2nd birthday party. Not only did DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio rock the house with a few hours of his finest tracks, our friend Nick Tangborn from Jackpine Social Club also brought Mark Eitzel down for a few beers. It was great to meet some readers and the SFist bingo game was a real highlight, especially when one of our partygoers asked if she'd gotten bingo by drinking one of each in a category of cocktails from the drink menu. We like that kind of initiative.

Earlier this week we told you about some of the great shows at the Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival, including a special performance by Dieselhed at 12 Galaxies on Sunday night. We're sending two of you to the show. Preview some songs off their 1999 album Elephant Rest Home and enter to win. (Contest ends Friday at 5pm. Winner will be notified via email.)

Pull out your wallets because we'd like to tell you about a few new records that you should consider buying.

In case you haven't already heard us say this in ten different ways, Feist is a genius. That's why we're so excited to offer one of you a pair of tickets to go see her Noise Pop show tonight at Bimbo's. There's something for everyone in tonight's lineup: Feist will indulge your taste for something smooth, sophisticated, and heady; John Vanderslice (one of our favorite humans) takes the singer-songwriter genre in a quirky and creative direction, while still giving you something to ponder; Sydney, Australia's Youth Group are a mellow and melodic recommendation for fans of Pinback, the Pet Shop Boys and Death Cab; The Botticellis, which we don't know much about, open the show.

Being a blogger by day and fashion correspondent by night is freakin' tiring. While we didn’t make it out to the Palace of Fine Arts Thursday night, we were back and ready for fashion on Friday, and Krissy even made it out to the Jackpine Social Club party at the end of the night to see Alejandro Escovedo.

Our concert picks for the week of 8/25 - 8/31.

The Bay Area should be proud of at least two high profile record releases from local artists this week. Oakland's own The Lovemakers drop their major label debut Times of Romance on Interscope Records, and San Francisco's John Vanderslice keeps it real by releasing his latest, Pixel Revolt, on indie stalwart Barsuk Records.

Friday night presents a lengthy ballot of entertainment candidates, but this time those troubling middle states won't keep us from our top choices. Start out the night with the laid-back acoustic funk of Citizen Cope at the Red Devil Lounge, or head to Booksmith for a free reading by legendary music critic Greil Marcus from his forthcoming anthology "The Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad." Fans of "Living With Ghosts"-era Patty Griffin could check out petite new-country crooner Mindy Smith at the Grand with opener Tift Merritt. There's also the holiday party for local label Jackpine Social Club at Thee Parkside featuring sets by Oranger, Beaver Nelson, and Ian Moore, and did we mention they're having a meat raffle? Or take the advice of SFists Shane and Isaac and catch Tussle's set at Mezzanine. Isaac also recommends OOIOO at Bottom of the Hill; impress your friends by knowing how to pronounce their name (oh-oh-eye-oh-oh).