In what may be the first time I’ve ever actually wanted to go to the Dunk, animated heartthrobs New Kids On The Block are playing tonight with gay icon-in-waiting Lady GaGa.  Those of you who have been following the two acts will surely have noticed that their albums were both produced by RedOne (which, with Autotuning, means every song sounds like someone at the beginning saying ‘red wine!’) and that one can’t play either of their YouTube videos without seeing previews for the other one.

Tickets go from $35 to $75 and they’re still available.  I’m too broke to go, damn it anyway, but I’d kill to hear GaGa sing Boys Boys Boys from her album (listen below), or five thirty-something New Kids making their way through Cover Girl.  I’m a little so-so on their new material, though Full Service could have been a great summer single (see further below) and the song they do with Akon is also pretty good.

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The Love Bullets don’t sound like any other band in Providence. Call it electronic guitar pastoral, or noir wave, or whatever. Their sound is a dark mix of chittering, gurgling electronic drums, synths, and burning, fuzz guitar all stretched out underneath a beautiful baritone voice almost Morrison-esque in its black crooning. The songs are slow burners, building themselves up slowly then bursting into brisk motorik paces, all clanging drumboxes and junked-up riffs. Check the Velvets/Doors/BRMC meltdown of their track “Castle” to catch the full drift. Rock-N-Roll Suicide at The Blackstone. DJs at 10pm, band at 11pm, FREE

Milk And Cookies is a new gallery/shop in the Grant building downtown in Pawtucket, and tonight they’re having an art n’ music blowout party with artists Senan O’Connor, EXCHILDSTAR, Monster Decay, and Jaime Re and music by Philly’s Plastic Little, and our own Triangle Forest, DJ Morgan Louis and DJ Sterby Rock (from 90.3 wriu) Things get started at 9pm, looks like there’s no cover. Word.

Presented by B Sharp, the greatest music gear shop in the universe, tonight Boston’s Major Stars release their 6th (!) album, Mirror/Messenger (Drag City). Also on the bill, Brooklyn’s Sightings, whose newest Through The Panama (Load) was produced by Andrew WK. And that’s some cred, people. Hear a stream of the awesome track “Perforated” here. The Body, who’ve been making some stellar noise for a few years now are also on this gig, along with Xerxes, who get the ass end of the set so get there early.
AS220, Major Stars, Sightings, The Body, Xerxes, 9pm $7