If you think you don't know The Faint, you're probably wrong. You've most likely heard their music, original or remixed, in bars on 18th Street, on MTV2, in the film Secretary, while browsing the used bin at CDepot, or while listening to KCRW on your lunch break. You've heard The Faint. You may have thought it was an old Duran Duran b-side or a New Order remix, but I'm telling you it was The Faint. For a band that's been around for ten years and has done everything from punk rock to synth pop to dance club anthems, they've sometimes been wrongly categorized as just an 80's revival group. But in fact, The Faint have traversed a lot of ground during their career and have inspired their own fair share of imitations since truly defining their sound with 2001's breakthrough album Danse Macabre. Their latest effort, last month's Wet From Birth, finds the band mixing it up a bit with some heavier rock tunes among the more familiar dance beats, and have reportedly ditched their all-black attire for blue jeans and t-shirts. Find out for yourself on Sunday night.

The Faint have developed their live show into a full-blown multimedia extravaganza. Unless you caught them with Les Savy Fav last year, you've probably never seen anything quite like this at the old 9:30 Club. The band projects an original video sequence for each song on gigantic dual screens behind the stage. The entire performance is timed out from the beginning, so don't expect to weasel in any requests. And try not to let the videos hypnotize you too much because the five members of The Faint are simply too entertaining to miss. Check out the band's website and fansite for a wide selection of remixes and videos.

Be sure to get there early enough to see fellow Omaha natives Beep Beep. Their debut album Business Casua' was released on Saddle Creek Records this summer, and the general consensus is that they sound nothing like anything else on the record label. They pretty much sound like nothing else at all. Check out the heavy noise and nasty-but-funny lyrics of these experimental punk rockers and don't forget your earplugs.

Between these two Omaha groups you'll find international favorites TV On The Radio. Nominated for this year's Shortlist award for their fantastic LP Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Brooklyn's TV On The Radio seem to be everywhere at once. They just finished up a European tour and are following the Faint tour with the Pixies this winter, including a sold out show at DC's DAR Constitution Hall on December 8th. No doubt a large portion of Sunday night's crowd will be there just to see these guys and the show will likely sell out, so get there early. You know the drill.