This Week's Recommended Shows: Blues Traveler, Immortal Technique, Yeasayer and More

[Wednesday, November 19] At Sasquatch! '08, after a few bottles of bourbon, an incomprehensible poem, and a portrait of me as a female Neanderthal courtesy of guitarist Walker Howle, I got to talking with Athens, Georgia rock 'n roll outfit Dead Confederate. But don't read too much into the hype (or the name). Turns out the Cobain and Nirvana comparisons are mostly just based on frontman Hardy Morris's looks, and most of the band draws more from Metallica than Lynyrd Skynyrd. In their words, it's not so much Southern rock as it is "monitor rock" as in, you have to straddle a monitor to play it. It's loud, distorted and just a little dark, but worth it as long as your eardrums can withstand the decibels. With Apollo Sunshine, Feral Children. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 8 p.m., $10. Listen to Yer Circus.