Lo-fi garage rock band The Strange Boys have earned comparisons to The Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry and have performed with acts such as Spoon and Black Lips. Opening the show is Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Atlanta’s lo-fi garage pop unit.

NBC’s 2009 Stand Up for Diversity Winner Kevin Shea will be performing stand up at Club Downunder on September 9! The Korean-born comedian has performed on Comedy Central, HBO, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Though consisting of only two members, El Ten Eleven craft intricate, densely layered music that belies their diminutive size. Utilizing only drums, a double-necked guitar and an array of pedals, the duo perform energetic, highly danceable tunes to keep you moving all night. LA upstart Baths shares stylistic hallmarks of his contemporaries but the inclusion of his own voice in a singer/songwriter manner makes him something of an iconoclast.

Tallahassee natives Look Mexico have a unique harmony and catchy, heartfelt lyrics that have consistently pleased crowds at Club Downunder. Openers Young Buffalos draw influence from West African polyrhythmic drumming and the harmony-laden pop of the Beach Boys and Animal Collective.

Union Productions is excited to present Janelle Monae with special guest The Blow as this year’s Last Call Before Fall performers! The event will take place on Saturday, August 21 on the Oglesby Union Green. The Blow will perform at 7 p.m. and Janelle Monae will play at 8 p.m.

Janelle Monae, who has been called a “true visionary” by Sean “Diddy” Combs, has combined genres such as funk, pop, jazz and soul to create “an organic symphonic sound”. Her first full-length album, “The ArchAndroid”, was released in May; the first single, “Tightrope”, features Outkast’s Big Boi.

Opening for Janelle Monae is The Blow, the Portland, Oregon-based electro-pop project of Mikhaele Yvonne Maricich.