Weekend Music

Jack has already mentioned Stars at the Showbox, and Katelyn's put the word out about Grayskul and Hangar 18 at Chop Suey. That leaves us to mention M.I.A. and the Cool Kids at Showbox SoDo, or, if you like things a little more old-school, Mudhoney is at El Corazon. Here they are playing "Hate the Police" in Prague:

Saturday, it's a Brit-pop double-header with Travis and openers Maximo Park at the Moore.

There's also The Walkmen and Visqueen at Neumo's, Ozomatli at the Showbox, and GWAR at the Showbox SoDo. We're too scared of fake blood all over our clothes to see GWAR in person; instead, head to the High Dive for Texan Ryan Bingham's whiskey-swillin', boot-kickin' singer-songwriterin'.

Not much is going on Sunday (blame Thanksgiving), but local electo-pop quartet Velella Velella is at Nectar, and they're always a funky good time. Unfortunately, no YouTube footage of said funk goodness exists, so you'll just have to take our word for it.