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TONIGHT!
You could say that Bearcubbin’ — a Portland-area instrumental math rock outfit — knows a thing or two about music. Drummer, Mike Byrne, was the 19-year-old kid who wooed Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy Corgan, a few years back when he did a nationwide search for a new stickman. So when the young Byrne isn’t, you know, playing “Today” or “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” around the world to a million screaming fans, he’s making grimy, heavy, driving rock with Bearcubbin’. The whole band is good — but go to see Byrne absolutely rip up the kit. Check our story on them out here, and see them at Mootsy's tonight at 8 pm. (21)

Also tonight:
A Club: Eyes Set to Kill, My Ticket Home, Awaken the Empire, Reverie (All-ages)

The Hop!: Funeral Age, Odyssey, Zingaia, Zan, Abode for the Dead, Shrieks of the Impaled (All-ages)

Knitting Factory: Too Broke to Rock feat. Dead Sara, Wayland, Aranda, Sky Turns Red (All-ages)

Ugly Bettie's: The Flying Spiders, Octoninjitsu Freeforce, STDJs, DJ Stack (21)

SATURDAY!

Carr's Corner: Silver Treason, White Trash Whiplash, the 45s (21)

Also: Northern Quest: ZZ Top (18)

SUNDAY!

Knitting Factory: Fun., Chitty Bang (All-ages, sold out)

Also: The Hop: Punk Rock Festival with Hammered Grunts, Reason for Existence, Epic Fail Device, Knuckle Deep, Lithium ID, Not Quite Punk, Barnacle Burn (All-ages)