D.X. Ferris, Author at Cleveland Scene

Local indie label Exit Stencil opens studio

10 p.m. Thursday, May 1. $10 cover, 21+/$13 under 21. B-Side Liquor Lounge, 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Cleveland Hts., 216-932-1966.

User Sets Mode+ (UserSetsMode.com)

Giraffula (MySpace.com/Balooooooo)

No cover, 9 p.m. Spitfire, 1539 W. 117th St., Lakewood, 216-226-7748.

My Animal Self (MySpace.com/MyAnimalSelf)

Crazy Kind of Love (FTF)

With DRI and Hot Cha Cha. 9 p.m. Sunday, April 27, $10 (all ages). Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Hts. Blvd., 216-321-5588.

Saturday, April 19, at House of Blues.

With the Cheap Tragedies. Saturday, April 19, at Now That’s Class.