MARK GUNNERY, ON A CLEAR DAY, CAT JOKES, JACKIE HELL

A radical performance space for everything from free jazz to folk, tonight Gallery 1412 sees Jordan O'Jordan (local folk musician/sweatered saint) and Joseph Peter (formerly of the Bread Factory) curating a night of queer vaudeville cabaret. Cat Jokes are ukulele-core folk punk for the elementary-school set—no really, they've serenaded and high-fived kindergarteners. Their stage show involves much romping and stomping, they're natural storytellers, and they're likely able to convert even the world's biggest ukulele hater. Super-mega-ultra bonus: You will hear jokes about cats. And if you're into (1) anarchy and (2) the banjo, you might find some riotfolk solace in Mark Gunnery, who delivers on the promise to "make folk a threat again." I don't know much about Jackie Hell, but she's a self-declared "clexy" lady—that's "classy and sexy" to you. Bring your sass, my friends. Gallery 1412, 7 pm, $5–$15 donation.

WHITE COWARD, BLOOD BEACH, HAUNTED HORSES

Big things are ahead for synth-punk duo Haunted Horses. They just released their third EP, They Set Us Fevered Water, were featured by the New York Times, and consistently play droolworthy shows around town for fans of eerie sounds. While being descendants of spooky industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, they also form a driving song-oriented alternative to these roots. As for White Coward, I have no doubt in their ability to raise the dead with noisy guitar rock and caustic vocals. PDX-hailing surf-rock band Blood Beach will usher you into a theremin-laced dream. When I got word of their use of the primitive electronic instrument, I found the life-saving video "Two Cats Playing with Mini Theremin." I was sold on that alone—on the theremin, this band, and cats—but Blood Beach also boast some of the most alluring bio material I've read. In it, they are LSD-soaked androids sent on a mission by Satan to recruit kids to the dark side. Welcome, y'all. The In, 9 pm, $5.