MUSIC—Thanksgiving is always a little less thankful when you’ve had to pay to see awesome shit the night before. The Mercury and Mississippi Studios could prey on this “busiest bar night of the year” business with gouge-y cover charges, but we refuse! This month’s Ear Candy promises a free ass-kicking show, courtesy of Hurry Up, Chanterelles, and Mothertapes. DIRK VANDERHART
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, FREE
MUSIC—Can the storied walls of Ash St. Saloon contain the furious pummeling of technically brilliant, sonically bracing glory that is a Lord Dying show? Best find out and take advantage of the intensifying effects of shredding metal in small, clubby confines. MARJORIE SKINNER
w/Castle, Norska, Holy Grove; Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash, 9 pm, $10
will mngt be there?