XLR8R

Heads up! S.F. venue Mighty prepares for a night of hip-hop via IDM noisemakers. Glitch Mob, Flying Lotus, Lazer Sword, and Shane King will descend on the club at the beginning of May for live performances that should, in the words of Glitch Mob, "slay crowds." If that weren't enough, they giving fans a chance to enter some beats in a contest. The winner opens for the crew on the night of the show. Click here for details on how to enter. Buy Tickets

Properly celebrating a 15-Year Anniversary means going big, so XLR8R is teaming up with the Fixed crew In NYC to deliver a night of sweaty electro- and disco-tinged house music courtesy of German label Get Physical. Dynamic duo and label co-founders M.A.N.D.Y. are headlining, and they'll be joined by Heidi and Audiofly, along with Fixed residents JDH and Dave P.

To continue the music mayhem that was last year's infamous Shake It Down party, Peanut Butter Wolf and the Spank Rock DJs will head to Motor City to join Protekted Records for a second installment of this event, once again set to coincide with the city's annual Movement Festival. Detroit heroes K-Fresh, Frankie Bank$, and Starski and Clutch will also be in residence for the evening, spinning everything from techno to B-more crunk until the wee hours.

British soul vocalist Jamie Lidell returns to Bimbo’s. His extraordinary live shows careen from glitzy funkadelic extravaganzas to electronic avant-garde showpieces, and are largly improvised as he creates each track live, layering each melody as he goes along. He produces funky, addictive music that blends the sounds of mid-'60s Stax with his own brand of electronic disco. But the focus here is on Lidell's voice, which can be compared to more than a few soul legends.