ATTN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING?

Usually, this sort of thing only happens around SXSW or Austin City Limits. But for whatever reason Houston, your stars are lining up for the next few nights and it’s going to freak you out to have to choose between all these shows. Of course, you already knew everything that was about to happen, due to your dutiful incorporation of our own GCal show-list into your own, but just for the sake of FREAKING OUT, here’s whats going on tonight.

GIRL TALK
ok, so REAL TALK: Night Ripper has been ruling our dancing shoes, cook-outs and victory-commutes home for the past year or so - but the magic is totally undiminished. Returning for the first time since last year’s Proletariat anniversary party, probably our number one favorite thing coming out of Pittsburgh that isn’t a girl named Erin. Whatevez. If DANCE DANCE FREAK OUT I KNOW THAT SAMPLE, MAHN is your thing tonight, this is where you should be. With Busdriver and Daedelus @ The Engine Room.

SPOON AND THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Yeah. Spoon and Girl Talk are the same night. Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one? GaGaGaGaGa is one of our favorite releases this year, and we think Spoon’s best since Girls Can Tell. Though talented, catchy, and frequently starring on many a house-party playlist, we can’t quite get over how big a crybaby the she-vocalist in the New Pornographers was that time they played Mary Janes a few years back. Seriously. You are on tour with Spoon. Time to start acting a bit more rock and roll. Still, you cannot detract from the main event.

PARTY GARBAGE AND COP WARMTH
Atleast you won’t have to miss this one, and if you’ve ever not been a fan, today is the day to become one. As is the way of too many local candles that burn too bright and out too fast, this is rumored to be Cop Warmth’s last show in quite a while. Dammit. Austin punks Party Garbage headline this happy hour show with Das Kapital and The Takes at The Proletariat.

So yeah. Get Brit on it. We'll scoop on Friday tomorrow.