Brooklyn's A Place To Bury Strangers is considered by many one of the loudest bands around (sorry, Motörhead, you've been dethroned). I can only imagine what they will do to eardrums in the tiny confines of The Woods. The band will perform on Monday, March 15th, and the show is being put on by 94/7 FM. Did I mention it's FREE? Which means it will probably fill up quickly. And it will be LOUD... I hear APTBS will attempt to become the first band to hit the Brown Note. Me? I'll be outside selling earplugs and diapers for 10 bucks.

HT: Deadspin/Gawker

Quasi is setting up shop in the aisles of the downtown Jackpot Records location for a free American Gong instore on Tuesday, February 23rd at 6pm. Whatever. Here are two words that will make you forget all about that: coloring contest!!!

To bridge the fun gap between now and February 23rd, Jackpot Records is hosting a Quasi poster coloring contest. Stop by either Jackpot Records location to pick-up an 11 x 17 show flyer, designed by Sam Coomes, and return it with your own artistic flourishes before the day of the instore. All posters will be put on display, and the band will award an extra-special prize to the designer of their favorite work. Designated winner must be present to receive the prize.

I'm in. Just a warning, I don't stay within any lines. I'm Crayola crazy like that.

• photo: Jessica

Another week, another Mercury music section to flip through while you wait for the Who to perform at the Super Bowl. Since their set list is now public, does that mean they won't be playing anything off Endless Wire? What about something from Roger Daltrey's Rocks in the Head album?

Pay your dues to the mighty Pierced Arrows. Fred and Toody Cole prove that rock and roll can go on forever, and evidently you can run the Portland Marathon while smoking cigarettes. Who knew?
LISTEN:

Pierced Arrows - "This Is The Day"

Portland and London share joint custody of the Cribs. We get them on weekends, while they spend the rest of their time in England. But don't worry, once we get out of the Bachelor Arms Apartment complex, we'll file for full custody. Don't want to brag, but we're a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory.
LISTEN:

The Cribs - "We Share The Same Skies"

The ALL CAPS skills of the Gaslamp Killer. Dude says m-f'er more than Rob Tyner and Richard Pryor, combined.
LISTEN:

Gaslamp Killer - "Baiafro"

From the Land of the Rising Sun, the mysterious and iconic, DJ Krush comes through town.
LISTEN:

DJ Krush - "Drum"

Get ready to fall for the soulful folk sounds of Mbilly. Also, any dad that dresses their kid in a Rasheed Wallace Blazers jersey is cool by me.
LISTEN:

Mbilly - "Weight Of Gravity"

Last week I wrote a piece about the Killers performing in the Philippines later this month, despite the country typically stuggling to afford big name bands. I failed to mention the other reason bands don't make a stop there: "unforeseen circumstances".

The Killers have been forced to cancel their appearances in Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Tokyo and Seoul due to unforeseen circumstances. The band deeply apologizes to their fans and hope to reschedule their shows in these cities soon. At this time the bands Australian appearances remain scheduled as planned.

The country also can't bring in big name acts due to "sudden illness," "scheduling conflicts," and "wardrobe malfuctions." Let's just hope all of those shows get rescheduled. Otherwise, I might eat them like a dog. Anyways, have fun in Oz instead, guys!

It's somewhat strange an established band like Jaguar Love posted an ad for a drummer on Craigslist alongside the non-stop posts for Jerry Garcia guitar technique lessons, but here it is:

Hi we are Jaguar Love and we are looking for a touring drummer. We are an electro/punk band composed of Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato (formerly of the Blood Brothers). We have a record coming out world wide march 2nd and are looking for a drummer to tour with us starting in march. We wrote our entire record to a drum machine and are looking for someone to play drums in addition to laptop drum machine tracks. Must be able to play to a click track and also must totally slay. Check out "I Started a Fire" and "Up All Night" on our myspace, www.myspace.com/jaguarloveband to get a vibe for what our sound is like, we would describe it as black flag meets daft punk meets new order. If you are interested send an mp3 or a link to audio/video of yourself playing drums to jaguarloveband@gmail.com. Thanks!

I wonder if this drummer totally slays enough to be in Jaguar Love. I hope so.