MUSIC—With lyrics like “Ladies, it’s okay to be slutty,” Seattle’s Chastity Belt play music to make joyfully poor life choices to, all with a smooth surf-rock-meets-early-Sleater-Kinney vibe. They’re also one of the only bands brave and goofy enough to have press photos that look like awful family portraits taken at Sears. MEGAN BURBANK
w/Pinecones, Mope Grooves; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $12
BOOKS—With his stylish, funny western The Sisters Brothers, Portlander Patrick deWitt established himself as one of the most offbeat and insightful writers around—and also one of the best. Tonight, he reads from his latest, Undermajordomo Minor—a story of “polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder.” SOLD. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE