Cocky Swedish rockers Mando Diao are working out their Kinks back in the US for a few dates this fall:

Sat 10/01 Keyspan Park Coney Island, NY
Mon 10/03 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA (Presented by KDLD)
Tues 10/4 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA
Fri 10/7 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
Sat 10/8 T. T. the Bear's Boston, MA

Catch one of these shows to find out if the band is as great as they say they are.

The Octopus Project are touring nowhere near me, but they're visiting 7 cities I've been to, so I'll pass on the news:

09/07 Wed - Houston, TX Mary @ Jane's Fat Cat w/ Go Spread Your Wings
09/08 Thu - Shreveport, LA @ Lil Joe's Tavern w/ The Drains
09/09 Fri - Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn w/ Cinemechanica
09/10 Sat - Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light w/ Cue
09/11 Sun - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/ The Life and Times
09/12 Mon - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
09/13 Tue - Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber Pass
09/14 Wed - Brooklyn, NY @ Rothco w/ Acid Mother's Temple
09/16 Fri - Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears w/ The National, Pela
09/17 Sat - Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse w/ The Gossip, We Are Wolves
09/18 Sun - Montreal, QB, Canada @ Zoobizarre
09/19 Mon - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Horseshoe Tavern
09/20 Tue - Bowling Green, OH @ Howard's Club H
09/21 Wed - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge w/ Sybris, The Hazzards
09/22 Thu - Champaign, IL @ Cowboy Monkey w/ The Makers
09/23 Fri - Fayetteville, AR @ JR's Dickson Theater w/ The Tickle
09/24 Sat - Denton, TX @ Haily's w/ M83, The Double
09/30 Fri - Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ Voxtrot, Tree Wave