Dante's

Sunday November 8

Sinferno Cabaret, Electric Tickle Machine

Dante's $8.

Monday November 9

Karaoke From Hell, Ground Zero Lounge

Dante's

Tuesday November 10

The Ed Forman Show, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, TBA

Dante's FREE.

Gil Mantera's Party Dream

Dante's 10:30 pm. $8.

Thursday November 12

MSTRKRFT

[DFTPNK'D] There's probably something admirable about remixers to the stars (Bloc Party, Justice, Wolfmother) trailing their impeccable cred among the skinny trousered set who throw themselves so shamelessly toward hamfisted flirtations with hip-hop and R&B. John Legend and Ghostface Killah drop by Toronto duo MSTRKRFT's sophomore release, Fist Of God, to baffling purpose. Everything bright and shiny and, well, cleverly derivative from the duo's vocoded synth bacchanal debut three years back now sounds calcified or corroded. Still, the big beat goes on, capacity crowds of our prettiest young things shall care not at all. CASEY JARMAN. Dante's $15 advance, $18 day of show. 21+.

Friday November 13

Electric Six, Gay Blades, Millions of Brazillians

[DIRTY DETROIT] Electric Six’s skeezy riff rock—prodded along by ample synth and driving disco beats—borders on a parody of rock ’n' roll excess, with frontman Dick Valentine growling about kinky sex, binge drinking, coke and Taco Bell in a voice similar to Jack Black’s. But that’s not disingenuousness in the band’s lurid tales of hot nights; that’s just its Detroit hanging out. And like the STDs often wrought from stories like the ones Electric Six tells—tales of gay bars and Midwestern hellholes told through cocaine eyes—the band’s goofy, sleazy sound is infectious as hell. AP KRYZA. Dante's 9:30 pm. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.

Saturday November 14

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables

[WOODLAND FOLK] Dawn McCarthy is a bit of an odd woman. As the leader of Faun Fables—she goes under the moniker "Dawn the Faun"—McCarthy takes old-timey folk music and turns it into a modern theater show. It makes for some interesting and adventerous sounds, her voice hiccuping in near yodels over a neat moss of acoustic intrsuments. For the current lineup, McCarthy is touring with just her partner, Nils Frykdahl (who also plays in Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), and will be focusing on songs from their recent EP, A Table Forgotten. If you're a fan of Joanna Newsom and off-Broadway musicals, then this is a night for you. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Dante's 7 pm. $15. 21+.

Sinferno Cabaret

A fiery combo of striptease, jugglers, magicians and, yes, fire dancers, doused with a bit of classic rock-’n’-roll sleaze. Because, c’mon, it’s Dante’s. Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630. 8:30 pm Sundays. $7.