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Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Gossip at Bank of America Arena
Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and Gossip all put on spectacular live shows with overwrought theatrics, muscular disco grooves, and a punk-blues explosion, respectively. James Murphy and Beth Ditto are especially powerful, the former leading his band like a post-punk James Brown and the latter belting out songs with overwhelming soul. This should be one of the best shows of the fall. (Bank of America Arena, 3870 Montlake Blvd NE, www.ticketmaster.com. 7:30 pm, $39.50, all ages.) ERIC GRANDY
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Junot Díaz at Elliott Bay Book Company
His first book, 1996's awesome story collection Drown, was written in a hybrid of English and Spanish, set in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey, and began with two guys kicking the shit out of a boy whose face had been eaten off by a pig. Now, at last, years late, Díaz's second book has been published. Michiko Kakutani calls The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets Star Trek meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West." (Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600. 7:30 pm, free.)
CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE
a most disappointing venue for these best of bands...who knew you had to get there early??? to get a wrist band??? go do be down front...and since when do shows start at the ticketed time? no booze : (
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