Singer through the wringer – and at Rickshaw Stop this week.
Bo Diddley’s passing has bummed me out – leaving me in a drifting, low-level depression-style funk. But know what, B-Diddley wouldn’t have wanted you to sit around and sulk. You got options – some very intriguing ones, in fact.
HELOISE AND THE SAVOIR FAIRE
Kylie added them to her top MySpace chums. The NY electro-rock sensations smash it up with Solid Gold references, trash, rats, and, oh yeah, microphones. Tues/10, call for time and price. Trannyshack at the Stud, 399 Ninth St., SF. (415) 252-7883.
JUDY MOWATT
The crucial member of Bob Marley’s I-Three is born again but word has it that she retains that Jamaican fire, backed by the Yellow Wall Dub Squad. Wed/11, 9 p.m., $25. Slim’s, 333 11th St., SF. (415) 522-0333.
SINGER
The pedigreed Chicago combo comes bearing a new LP on Drag City, Unhistories, and all sorts of challenging musical notions: what else would you expect from US Maple’s Todd Rittmann and 90 Day Men’s Robert Lowe? With Sic Alps and the Fresh and Onlys. Thurs/12, 8 p.m., $10. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell, SF. (415) 861-2011.