Oct. 29
Joe Manning, with Elephant Micah, Spirits of the Red City, Sunset and more for an all-ages show at Skull Alley. The Other Side of Life Blog and Events present a special 7-inch release show featuring singer/ghost-storyteller Joe Manning. Manning;s new song, “Lately At A Lesser Table,” appears on The White Belt, the first installment of The Belt Series, which pairs him with riverboat soul provider Pokey LaFarge, debuting a new song, “Anita.” 500 copies of the limited edition split single have been pressed on limited edition white vinyl. No digital, only wax for this one.

Oct. 30
Invaders with Wax Fang. Invaders’ debut CD Floating came out in July to rave reviews by The Courier-Journal, Velocity Weekly, The Decibel Tolls and My Old Kentucky Blog, LEO Weekly and others. They followed up that momentum by closing out night 2 of WRFL’s Boomslang Fest in Lexington earlier this month with a rousing afterparty set at Al’s Bar. They’ll appear at Zanzabar Oct. 30, where they’ll open for local heroes Wax Fang, whose critically acclaimed CD La La Land was easily one of the best releases this decade. Showtime 9 p.m. $7

Nov. 6
The Fervor w/ Smug Brothers @ Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR, www.zanzabarlouisville.com): The Fervor will be celebrating the release of a new limited edition split 7-inch with Wussy. This single is the second installment in The Belt Series. A limited edition 500 copies are pressed on green vinyl, and these will be on wax only, no digital. The Fervor just returned from an east coast tour, where they debuted at CMJ’s Annual Music Festival, which took place all over New York City. Smug Brothers, from Dayton, features Don Thrasher, who is known for his work with Robert Pollard in the venerated Dayton group Guided By Voices.

Nov. 20
Phantom Family Halo celebrates the release of its double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die. This show features members of Sapat and The For Carnation, and has in the past shared stages with The Black Angels, Black Mountain, Entrance Band and last but not least, Louisville’s own Slint. Phantom Family Halo performs at Zanzabar with Softcheque. The double LP comes with a free download code people can redeem for a digital version of the album. Nov. 27, Halo leaves for a U.S. and Canada tour with fellow Louisvillians Young Widows (on Temporary Residence Limited, which is run by Louisville native Jeremy DeVine) and instrumental assassins Russian Circles.