Tonight: Unnatural Helpers at the Funhouse

Unnatural Helpers, with Thee Oh Sees, Urinals. Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N., 374-8400. 9:30 p.m. $12.

When Sub Pop sales manager Dean Whitmore isn't helping Jonathan Poneman's stable of bands proliferate, he holds down dual duties as drummer and frontman for the Unnatural Helpers, a delightfully melodic garage-rock outfit that recently completed a record with producer Kurt Bloch. Its first single, "Sunshine/Pretty Girls," is so ridiculously infectious that one listen will lodge it in your eternal jukebox for days on end. It's a shame that The Dutchess and the Duke's Kimberly Morrison is no longer in the band, but at least a fine candidate like Andrew Sullivan from the Trashies has picked up her duties. HANNAH LEVIN