Friday

– The Bruises (CD Release), The Hooks and Ex-Boyfriends at Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $10.

– Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express and Elf Farm Raffle at Cafe du Nord. 9pm, $15.

– Sugar & Gold, Hot Tub, Somehow at Sea and DJ Primo at The Uptown. 9pm, $8.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Sugar and Gold!

– Emily Jane White, Sonya Cotton and Live It Up Swet at Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.

Saturday

– The Bay Bridged & ipickmynose.com Present Beatbeat Whisper, Or, the Whale and Emily Jane White at Starry Plough. 8:30pm, $8.

– Super Furry Animals, Holy Fuck (Toronto), Here Here at Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20.

– Silian Rail, Giraffes?Giraffes! and Good City Lie Still at Retox Lounge. 9pm, $?.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Silian Rail!

Sunday

– The Blank Tapes, Paleo (Peru) and Eddy Burke (Minneapolis) at Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.

Around the Web:

– Check out these great local music mixes from Anyone’s Guess: Part 1 and Part 2. Excellent stuff here.

– A busy web week for Port O’Brien, with appearances on Daytrotter and Stereogum.

– Interview with The Heavenly States over at Zero.

– Magic Bullets posted an entry in their tour video diary.

– Great HIJK review here.