First things first, people: enough of this “stop shilling Emo’s all the time” nonsense! You can shout “scene/lifestyle” all you want, but the fact remains that there just aren’t many clubs downtown that attract big-time touring bands and assemble kickass local bills for under $20.

Case in point: tonight’s performance by Toronto avant-punks F*cked Up. The notoriously obscurist five-piece, who write 8-minute progressive hardcore anthems about things like anarchist computer hackers and the Chinese Zodiac, festoon their albums and merchandise with mystic symbols, give themselves stage names like Gulag and 10,000 Marbles, and recently instigated a set-destroying riot live on MTV Canada, took Austin by storm during SXSW and have come back for seconds. When we first read about this show, our eyeballs popped out and dangled around on stalks; the boss said we really ought to see someone about that. You should go:

F*cked Up with Loser Life, Coptic Times, Career Criminal
Emo's inside [map]
doors at 8, show at 10
$7

However, if for whatever reason you aren’t feelin’ downtown tonight, we still got your back! Austin/Dentonite shoegaze groupies Ringo Deathstarr are playing at The Parlor pizza kitchen on E. North Loop, where the beer flows like wine and rock shows are always free of charge. This will be the loudest pepperoni slice you have ever consumed, and afterward you can go next door to Sound On Sound and get pizza sauce all over the LPs.

Ringo Deathstarr w/Baby Robots and WS Burn
The Parlor on E. North Loop Blvd [map]
Show starts 9pm
Free, All Ages show