Oh man, I somehow got my dates mixed up, and thought I’d be able to see more bands this week. It turns out everyone is playing Friday night. This is further complicated by the fact that I’ve seen all the bands involved before, and they’re all awesome.

First up, local favorite Featherface is headlining with their psych-ish rock at Walter’s with some good Austin bands warming up (tickets). This would be like my fifth time seeing Featherface in the past year, but they’re always an awesome time, and it’ll be cool to see them in a legit venue for once (they play the Doctor’s Office a lot, which isn’t a bad thing, but it’s a thing).

Austin band Wild Child is also playing at Mango’s on Friday (tickets). They play some fairly simple but infectious folk music, and were one of my favorite bands from SXSW. In Austin, they played through some serious technical difficulties in a hot, dirty, sushi joint (which, totally by the way, are two things a sushi joint should never be) and put on a much rowdier show than listening to their record would indicate. Along with Phox (who, like Wild Child, are originally from Madison), they were one of the bands I most wanted to make friends with from SXSW, and it might actually be possible, since they live in Austin now. Point is, it’s complicated.

Making it more complicated is the fact that I’m going to Austin at some point this weekend. The first wrinkle this puts in the plan is that El Pasoans (El Pasans?) The Dirty River Boys are playing at Scoot Inn in ATX on Friday night (tickets, if you care; this is a Houston music blog, after all). Their folksy spin on Texas Country is a blast to see live. It would be kind of a dick move to go up to Austin Friday then skip my cousin’s party to go to a show, but it’s my kind of dick move.

Saturday, if you’re not leaving Houston, Cody Canada (formerly of Cross Canadian Ragweed) and the Departed are playing at Firehouse Saloon (tickets). I’ve never seen them live, but I was a big fan of the lesser CCR, and the stuff I’ve heard from the Departed is pretty solid.

I’m pretty definitely gonna be in Austin Saturday night, where Wild Child is playing again, at Scoot Inn (tickets). This time, their opener is Marmalakes, who joined them on their co-headlining tour with Shakey Graves that inexcusably skipped Houston earlier this summer. This complicates things. I could totally see one of the other bands on Friday then catch Wild Child in Austin Saturday, but I’m kind of tempted to see Wild Child both nights, so I can hang out, make friends, maybe hit on the cellist, etc.

Also it would be cool to see the Derailers at the Broken Spoke on Saturday. What I really need is a time machine. And next weekend is even worse. If you’ve got any “creative solutions” on how to handle the weekend, leave it in the comments

All these bands are from Texas and most of these tickets are crazy cheap, you have no excuse. Go hear some music!