SUNDAY, MAY 20: I must admit that as I write this, I am freaking out about the prospect of finally seeing Dos live. Mike Watt, Kira Roessler, two basses. That’s it. Though it doesn’t sound like much, the musical energy sparked between the duo is nothing short of phenomenal. I got my first taste of Dos when I heard their haunting bass-only version of Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” for the first time a decade ago, and I’ve been impatiently craving a live fix ever since. Dos was formed as Mike Watt’s first-ever side project back in 1985, during the days of The Minutemen, for whom Mike played bass. Earlier that year Black Flag opened for a few Minutemen shows, and Mike asked their bassist, Kira Roessler, if she’d be interested in jamming in a two-bass-only situation. When Minutemen frontman D. Boon tragically died in December of that year, Kira saw how important it was for the devastated Mike to keep playing, so they started jamming two-bass stuff and forming songs from the jams they’d previously done. The two bass lovers eventually became lovers themselves and married. Though they later divorced, the pair never abandoned Dos and have collaborated on and off to this day, playing scattered far-and-few-between gigs. If you have plans this Sunday, cancel them and go to the Smell. (LL)

WITH FOOT VILLAGE, THE POPE AND IMA FUCKING GYMNAST AND XBXRX AT THE SMELL, 247 S. MAIN ST., LOS ANGELES. 9 PM / $6 / ALL AGES. WWW.THESMELL.ORG.