MUSIC—It takes only one minute and 12 seconds to fall irreversibly in love with Toronto’s Alvvays (yes, it’s pronounced “always”). That’s how long it takes to get to the soaring, blissful chorus of “Archie, Marry Me,” a glorious, slow-melt prom anthem that sounds like Teenage Fanclub and the Ronettes co-captaining a comet. Luckily, the rest of Alvvays’ marvelous self-titled debut is just as good. NED LANNAMANN
w/Absolutely Free; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $10
SCIENCE—OMSI’s monthly Science Pub shindigs are reliably fun and entertaining and illuminating affairs. Maybe not this one, though—not if you live in the West Hills, smug in your view-preserving victory over real-city skyscrapers, or right below them. Tonight’s all about landslides and the mayhem they cause, the neato physics behind them, and how remarkably difficult it is to prevent them. DENIS C. THERIAULT
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7 pm, $5, all ages