PHOTO COURTESY OF COOKING VINYL Soft Cell, whose new wave hits include "Tainted Love," "Sex Dwarf" and the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, are back with The Night, which comes out Tuesday.

· Aarktica Pure Tone Audiometry (Darla)
· Baptist Generals No Silver No Gold (Sub Pop)
· Beach Boys Best of the Beach Boys (Collectables)
· Blood Brothers Jungle Rules Live (ArtistDirect)
· Jason Bivins & Ian Davis Benthic (Family Vineyard)
· Bobby Birdman Born Free Forever (Hush)
· Frank Black & The Catholics Dog in the Sand (SpinART)
· Clearlake Cedars (Domino)
· Con Dolore Sailor's Warning (Clairecords)
· Daedelus The Household (Eastern)
· Damnwells PMR +1 (In Music We Trust)
· Devics Stars at Saint Andrea (Bella Union)
· DJ Spinna Here to There (Rapster)
· Julie Doiron Broken Girl (Jagjaguwar)
· Baxter Dury Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (Rough)
· Burd Early Leveler (Western Vinyl)
· Electric 6 Danger! High Voltage! (XL/Beggars)
· Gastr Del Sol/Tony Conrad Japanese Room ... (Table·Elements)
· Germbox Fraction of Exaggeration (Caulfield)
· Good ShipGood Ship (Orange Twin)
· Grand Ulena Gateway to Dignity (Family Vineyard)
· Keiji Haino I Said This Is the ... (Table·Elements)
· Hint Hint Sex Is Everything (Cold Crush)
· Iditaro River Nektar (Bluesanct)
· If Thousands Yellowstone (Chairkickers' Union)
· Jon Langford & His Sadies Mayors of the Moon (Bloodshot)
· Juliana Theory Love (Epic)
· Lupine Howl The Bar at the End of the World (Beggars)
· Microstoria Invisible Architecture (Audiosphere)
· Moving Units Moving Units (Palm)
· New Wet Kojak The Glamorous (Beggars)
· Orb Back to Mine (Razor & Tie)
· Paik The Orson Fader (Clairecords)
· Pale Horse and Rider These Are the New Good Times (Darla)
· Pinback TBA (Absolutely Kosher)
· Rye Coalition Jersey Girls (Tiger Style)

Rentals
· "Ringu" (Omega)
· "The Ring" (DreamWorks)

Theaters
· "Cradle 2: The Grave" (Warner Bros)
· "Spider" (Sony)
· "Dischord" (Artistic)

Ed Friedland performs Friday night from 7 until 9. The bassist can be heard for free at Bookman's, 6230 E. Speedway Blvd. Contact Colin Waite, 748-9555, for more information.

Famous actor Frankie Avalon will be performing Friday night at 8. This performance by the will be held at the Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Rd. Tickets cost $15 to $25 in advance, and $20 to $30 at the door. For more details, call 393-2799.

Danœ performs Friday night at 8. This traditional Irish band will play at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. The cost is $15 to $17. For more information, call 327-4809.

Queens of the Stone Age play Saturday at 8 p.m. The concert will be held at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. The cost is $19. For more details, call 798-3333.

Ted Ramirez and the Santa Cruz River Band perform Saturday night. This Southwestern folk music concert will be at Stone Avenue Temple, 564 S. Stone Ave. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For details, call 981-2240.

Come hear The Street Minstrels on Saturday afternoon from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. This free concert of classical, ethnic, and world music will be held at Bookman's, 1930 E. Grant Rd. For more information, call Chris Stead at 325-5767.

The Mimsies perform Sunday night at 9. Spiders and Snakes open. This concert will be held at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. The cost is $4. For more information, call 622-8848.

20 Miles performs Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Mr. Airplane Man opens for this concert held at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. The cost is $6. Must be 21 or older to attend. For more details, call 622-8848.

Neptune performs Wednesday at 9 p.m. This Boston band will play at the Solar Culture Gallery, 31 E. Toole Ave. S.D.A.R. opens. The cost is $5. For more info, call 884-0874.