Los Angeles based Cause & Effect recording artist, junglist and veteran producer R.A.W. aka B-Boy 3000 has over 30 drum and bass releases to his credit including “Ragga 2001”, “Hannibal” and “Cracklabcalifornia.” A champion DJ with an armload of successful mix-tapes under his belt, it’ll be a chance to witness his innovative cuts, live remixing, scratches, juggles, and over all jungle skills. He’ll be mixing it up with crowd-moving D-Syfa from Toronto on Friday July 7 at Off the Wall at 10pm along with local spinners Criminal Sound (Pimp Daddy T) and Native for a six hour beat bonanza. Admission is $5.

In what’s being billed as a “Fashion Massacre”, pervasonic maniacs The Irving Klaws return to the Mohawk Place on Saturday (July 8) at 10pm to host an Ugly Shirt Party. Pictured here in ugly shirts, the band will be giving away prizes in several categories of ugly shirts and—for the ladies—ugly skirts. This celebration of bad taste promises to be a sight and sound extravaganza as the band serves up new material while its raucous fans compete in a sea of stripes, plaids, polka dots, floral prints, tie dies, batiks and more. Those displaying particular sartorial squalor will receive a discount at the door.

Bloomington, Indiana's Impossible Shapes come from a long line of lo-fi pioneers such as Guided By Voices and Apples In Stereo. Instead of post-punk or Beach Boys-laden pop, this band blends the neo-psychedelia of a Syd Barret with the oddly shaped folk of the Incredible String Band. They released many early recordings on cassette, and eventually signed to LUNA Records before catching the attention of Secretly Canadian, which released both last years’ Horus and 2006’s Turn, heralded for bold experimentation in merging pop with the avant garde. The Shapes perform on Monday (July 10) at Mohawk Place, 9pm. Opening are Little Dipper and The Magi Chippie, two of Buffalo’s best psych-ifying bands.

Ever since the 1991 release of the band's debut album, Shakespeare...My Butt (Yes Boy/A&M), Buffalo has acted as a second home for Canadian rockers The Lowest of the Low. Their music has remained popular long after their breakup, as new generations of music fans began to discover them. Original members Ron Hawkins and Stephen Stanley will be in Buffalo once again to play two shows on Saturday and Sunday (July 8- 9) at The Sidebar on Hertel Ave. This is a golden opportunity to see two of the founding members of The Lowest of the Low doing a rare storyteller/songwriter performance at an intimate venue. Doors open at 9pm.

Oh, the Buzzcocks, the "Godfathers of Punk" as we now know it and an inspiration for bands from Joy Division to Greenday to Sum 41 (thanks a lot, 'cocks). This band has been driven by dual-songwriting members Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle for a hell of a lot of years now. Their polit-punk lyrics grace a brand new release called Flat Pack Philosophy (Cooking Vinyl), an album that skewers consumerist culture and offers plenty of other socio-political observations, Jumping from Warped Tour to perform at the Town Ballrrom on Wednesday (July 12). The Buzzcocks will be performing with the Strays, whose debut album Le Futur Noir (TVT Records) is due out on Sept. 12th. Doors open at 7pm.

A preview party for the 2006 Infringement Festival— an 11 day long non-profit-driven, non-hierarchical grassroots endeavor bringing together a broad range of eclectic, independent, experimental, and controversial art of all forms running from July 27 through August 6 in Allentown—will be held Wednesday (July 12) at Nietzsche’s starting at 8pm. Performers will include Lonesome Tom, Tori Sparks (pictured), Praying For Oblivion, Gabe Mayer, MC Vendetta, Paul Kozlowski & Dave Phillips, Annette Daniels Taylor, Lara Grinchelle, Locust Sympathizer, and Exercises in Blasphemy. Ms Sparks will return for a solo set Thursday. More information on the Festival can be found at www.infringebuffalo.org.

Hailing from Detroit, Easy Action features the notorious vocalist John Brannon, whose vocal contributions to his two previous bands —hardcore legends Negative Approach and the blues-oriented Laughing Hyenas —were often frighteningly intense. To call Easy Action somewhat of a cross between the two would not be off the mark. Fully embracing the Detroit tradition of The Stooges, MC5 and Alice Cooper (whose second album the band is named for) the band rarely pulls any puches with its fuzz box drenched rock and roll. The lyrics invoke the outlaw image of a Keith Richards meets Johnny Cash and tell of an outlaw lifestyle that Brannon has known all too well. Having cleaned up a bit in the past ten years, the vocalist can now focus on the blistering rock and roll he was always known for. Easy Action performs at the Mohawk on Wednesday (July 12), 9pm. Also on the bill are Trailer Park Tornados and Bad Frog.

The indisputably weird and potentially mind-altering music made by the Philadelphia and Chicago based Icy Demons is a credit to its terrific ensemble, which features Bablicon's Griffin Rodroiguez (aka Blue Hawaii) on bass and Chris Powell of Man Man playing drums. A new record called Tears of a Clone (Eastern Developments) is slated for release in September —a follow up to the critically acclaimed 2004 release Fight Back!. The Demons take you on a psychedelic, kaleidoscopic journey through classical, chamber, jazz, pop, and electronic music in what sounds like inimitable style. The group plays at one of the newer homes to the avant-garde, the Kitchen Distribution Gallery, next Thursday (July 13), at 8pm.