Preview: The Format at Antone's

We like trying to coerce you into going to shows. We're fans of music, you know. We're fans of live music, especially, and since you never know when a show will knock your socks off, we say it's totally worth the few skrilla you'll drop on getting inside. Especially for bands like The Format, a few guys who won't be stuck into any, er, formatted music style. Tonight they're playing at Antone's with Mike Birbiglia, Limbeck, and Steel Train.

For those of you who know very little about The Format, we're here to tell you that, well, we don't know much either. Our friends over at LAist love them, though, and interviewed them last November. Our personal highlight from this interview was the description of their band: "Most of it is just us trying to rip off the Beatles and coming out very unsuccessful." We think this is a pretty accurate statement, and we're softies when it comes to the Beatles. "I love love. I love being in love. I don't care what it does to me" is something we're excited to sing, so this ("Inches and Falling") and other songs off of 2006's Dog Problems have piqued our interest. Have we piqued yours?

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The Format w/ Mike Birbiglia, Limbeck, Steel Train
Tuesday, July 17th
Antone's
Doors at 6pm, show at 7pm, $14

The Format on [MySpace]

Photo courtesy the band's MySpace