ATTN THIS WEEKEND: YOU’RE LOOKING GOOD LIKE WE KNEW YOU WOULD

YUSS! So much great stuff going on this weekend, especially Saturday. Holy crap we’re going to have to clone ourselves to check it all out. Again. Let’s ditch the filler and get right to the filler:

FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
Saturday Secret Show @ The Shady Tavern
In addition to the DJs, the bands (rumored this week to include the highly recommended folkers Listen Listen and rapper Nosaprise), there’s a Zine Fest, with zines (duh), comics, records and ‘tons of other stuff’ for sale or trade. They’ll also be an art raffle, with the proceeds to benefit Super Happy Fun Land in their quest to get the doors re-opened. As always, the show is free, starts at two (DJs at noon) and if there was ever a better place in the world to take a bottle of your favorite spirit for an afternoon of setups, we don’t know what that would be. Details here:

Voxtrot, Car Stereo (Wars) and The Mathletes @ MFAH
The return of the Mixed Media series, featuring bloggosphere darlings Voxtrot and the triumphant return of local heros The Mathletes. Enjoy jams, sip drinks and enjoy the John Alexander retrospective exhibit.

30footFALL, Spain Colored Orange, The Tie That Binds, Pretty Boys, LJ All Stars, & Molotov Compromise @ The Meridian
This is a benefit for long-time Houston punk scene notable Alex Arizpe, who’s currently undergoing chemotherapy. 30FootFall shows are impossibly rare and this is a good cause. Do it.

American Sharks, The McKenzies, The Wild Moccasins, News on the March, Audio in the Pregap and Cave Reverend @ Numbers
Food Drive! Put together by the Free Press, and we all know Omar knows how to host a party. Definitely the highst bang/buck ratio of the evening and chance to scoop your cohorts out on rising stars in town. Plus, how hilarious that a band which usually prefers house shows (American Sharks) are going to play the stage at Numbers. Actually, if there was any justice in the world, this would be happening more often. Starts at 8pm.

Ume, Lymbyc System and The Sour Notes @ The Mink
Our sure bet, and if we could gush anymore over The Sour Notes we would. The last time we saw Ume play, it was the best they’ve ever sounded. Their new songs (hopefully going towards some sort of new recording) are going to blow your mind like the ending of The Orphanage. Yusss.

SUNDAY
COOKOUTS! Or go see Type O Negative @ Verizon. Actually, don’t do that.