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The Showdown: Who to see and where to see them

POSTED: Monday, June 23, 2008, 10:38 PM

Ladytron: Equal parts icy cool and smoke-ring steamy

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Monday: As A.D. so eloquently put it in this year's Ultimate Summer Fun Guide, "Ask them: In 1967 your parents were fucking like bunnies to Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66's pop samba sound." Um, rather not but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get yourself an education on this Brazilian master. We promise no old people sex. At the show, at least. At the World Cafe, doors at 7:30 pm, tix are $50 with a $20 food and drink minimum (take a gander at the menu — worth it).

Tuesday: Kiwi superstar Brooke Fraser tours behind her sophomore disc, the understated, yet catchy Albertine. At the Tin Angel, doors at 8:30 pm, tix are $15.

Wednesday: Philly transplant Alexandra Day pimps her debut No Castles No Moats, which is filled with "oozing, nervy, jazzy affair with strikingly sensitive vocals and admirable poetic lyrics." That's all well and good but supporting Day is Ben Carroll, whose parents were in the Starland Vocal Band! That alone makes this show worth it. At the Tin Angel, doors at 8:30 pm, tix are $10.

Thursday: Check out Ladytron — the inventors of sexually ambiguous chill-pill electronica. At the TLA, doors 9:00 pm, tix are $18-20.

Friday: Older, wiser but still just as awesome: Original indie rockers Mission of Burma play their debut EP Signals, Calls and Marches, released way back in '81, in its entirety. Don't miss openers Versus, who are to Google. At the First Unitarian Church, doors at 8:00 pm, tix are $18.

Saturday: You could check out the Paul Green School of Rock Festival but, damn, that's a lot of boys. Let's give it up for the ladies tonight, shall we? Sugartown hosts a benefit for Girls Rock Philly! with Public Record, the Rarebirds, the Novenas and Girl About Town DJ’s. At Tritone, doors 10:00 pm, tix $5-10 (pay what you can). Must we say it? We must: You go, girls.

Sunday: Nikka Costa, daughter of legendary producer Don Costa and goddaughter of Sinatra, is both too smart to be a one hit wonder and a t-and-a pop star. Find out why at the World Cafe, doors at 6:00 pm, tix are $25-35.

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