Onwards to Halloween: Von Bondies, Army Navy, Takeover UK, The Shys -- Child Bite, Wildcatting, Javelins & Prussia -- Pop Project -- Sucker DJs

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Autumn's at it's pique...and the spotty suburban canopies are awash with oranges and browns...The Crofoot is throwing one of their (now, characteristic) facility-spanning sensory overload celebrations, one last big booming rock show before the frost starts coming in and we sharpen our knives for turkies not long for this world.

The re-energized Von Bondies, having survived a gigantic radio hit, the shit storm of the music biz and a line up rehaul, will headline the Crofoot ballroom with the shimmery pop-rock LA quartet Army Navy (one of many bands featured on Nick & Norah's Infiite Playlist soundtrack) as part of their continuing tour with Takeover UK and The Shys...

Meanwhile, upstairs in the Pike Room, things gets a bit more spirited for this spooky freak-flag holiday. - Donning disguises as other bands (including covernig their songs), locals Wildcattnig (who...will be performing as either T.Rex or MC5...I get conflicting reports...but, hey this is a blog and it's Sunday, so I'll do my fact checking later on...) Javlins will become the Strokes, and Prussia will become the Smiths...and then there's a fourth band that's still being saved as a surprise...

While downstairs in the lounge, you can check out the Pop Project - as well as dance to the Sucker DJs...