EAR CANDY—Once again, your friends at the Mercury and Mississippi Studios team up to bring you the best in local music—for free. Tonight, bask in the cinematic beauty of noise-rockers the Fourth Wall, who made sky-arcing melodies on their excellent recent album Lovely Violence, plus great sets from Small Skies and Neighbor Wave. NED LANNAMANN
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, FREE
MUSIC—Celebrate 101 years (!) of bouncy floors at the Crystal Ballroom’s annual Birthday Free-for-All, with a daylong roster of performers including the You Who children’s variety show with Sallie Ford and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, the Satin Chaps, and Cooper and the Jam. Breathe deeply and pace yourself. MARJORIE SKINNER
Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 1 pm, FREE, all ages