This Friday you can check out a large band in an intimate venue. The Maintenance Shop is hosting The Dirty Dozen at 9 p.m.

According to The M-Shop’s calendar, the octet plays “horn-heavy funk” and loves to groove.

Saturdays are for hard-core dancing at Boheme. “Dance Night” is DJed by Dan Sherman, who mixes current rap, pop and bass-bumping techno with ’70s and ’80s hits.

Alcohol is served, but the weekly event is open to all ages. The party lasts until close.

Regional

Juliana Hatfield will begin a U.S. tour later this month. Lori Wray will be joining her at the 7th Street Entry, Oct. 3 in Minneapolis.

Canadian-based Hayden is expected to open for Hatfield throughout the entire tour. His contribution to the shows will be worth the drive to the cities if you’re not fond of Hatfield.

Two and a half years ago, Hayden proved his creative worth with his first album, “Everything I Long For.” Most of the songs were recorded and mixed by himself on a four-track in the basement of his parents’ home. The tracks contain dark themes of first-hand experiences of car crashes, drowning and faulty relationships.

Hayden released “The Closer I Get” last spring, which isn’t as gloomy as his first work but does contain a half-hour of rain falling.

Upcoming Releases

Ex-New Kid Jordan Knight is “hangin’ tough” despite the downfall of New Kids On The Block. He has been working in a Minneapolis recording studio with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on his yet-to-be-titled solo debut.

The 28-year-old told Kevin Raub of Rocktropolis, “I’ve always felt in my mind that I could be successful as a solo artist. And if something wasn’t measuring up to that picture in my mind it would be frustrating. But I’m not going to base a career on one album.”

Knight’s 10-track disc is due out in January.

“Mechanical Animals” is coming at you next Tuesday via Marilyn Manson.

In other Manson news, Guitar World reported that guitarist Zim Zum has been replaced by John Lowery, a.k.a. John 5, formerly of Two and the DLR Band.

“The Most Famous Bootleg Album of All Time,” according to Mojo magazine, will be released on Oct. 13. Bob Dylan’s explosive “Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert — The Bootleg Series Vol. 4” is legally being brought to listeners from Columbia/Legacy Recordings, the company’s Web site said.

Interesting note: The May 17, 1966 concert was actually at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England.

The Daily Dish said, “Live 1966 comes in a deluxe slipcase containing a two-CD brilliant box and a stand-alone 56-page booklet containing many rare and previously unseen photos from the era and an essay by Tony Glover, whose friendship with Dylan extends back to 1960 on the University of Minnesota’s Dinkytown folk scene.”

The David Bowie tribute album, “Loving the Alien,” will hit stores Nov. 10.

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Adam Jonas is a freshman in pre-architecture from Ames.