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A fin gets you into CALIFORNIA SMILE’s CD release party on Saturday (the 4th) at Firehouse 13 in Providence. The Cranston-based band released A Secret Message from Your Teeth last week. The show also includes Brooklyn’s ELLIS ASHBROOK as well as locals BABIES IN LIMBO and a Cranston rapper named A-GOD, whose gift of gab ain’t too shabby. Hit up firehouse13.org or 401.270.1801 for more. Meanwhile, FUNGUS AMUNGUS jams aplenty at the Living Room, JERI & THE JEEPSTERS play Mulhearn’s (401.438.9292) in E.P., Mark Cutler fronts THE SCHEMERS at the Blackstone (401.726.2181), and a hard-rock double bill of SOUNDER and FASHION FAILURES hit Cats (401.722.0150) on Broadway in Pawtucket. Another benefit show with local ties of note happens on Sunday (the 5th) at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River (across from Battleship Cove) for JEFF OLSON, co-founder of the Rhode Island Songwriters Association, who has been battling Legionnaire’s Disease. Call 508.324.1926 or go to ncfta.org for details.

Bands from the boonies bring the noise to the Living Room on Monday (the 6th), when Coventry’s JUMP JUMP JULIET, Charlestown’s VERBANA DARVELL (mentioned in Alternative Press earlier this year), and Cumberland’s ANOTHER OPTION open for THE APPRECIATION POST and DEATH IN THE PARK (ex-Hot Rod Circuit), all for only $10. On Tuesday (the 7th), the Living Room delivers another solid lineup with locals JESUSCENTRIC appearing with Mass experimental acts PFEFFTIFFUFF, SPACE TRAIN, and HANGMAN’S ALPHABET. The midweek work blues don’t stand a chance when WORLD PREMIER takes over the Hi-Hat on Wednesday (the 8th). Call 401.453.6500. And next Thursday (the 9th), the Greenwich Hotel in East Greenwich hosts Jamestown blues duo JIMMYTOWN JUKE (Mike Fischman and Best Music Poll frequenter Ed McGuirl). There’s no cover charge; call 401.884.4200.  

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