Friday, Feb. 5:

• Start your crazy, no-holds-barred Super Bowl weekend off with Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Warehouse Live.

• Come See My Dead Person and Giant Battle Monster at Rudyard's.

• Americana singer-songwriter Radney Foster at Dosey Doe. Worth the trip. Even worth the $6 for the Hardy Toll Road.

• Hometown roots favorites The Hollisters at Blanco's.

• Grandfather Child at Big Star Bar.

• Wind player Bob Chadwick and vibes player Harry Sheppard accompany your dinner at Dharma Cafe. Ask Chadwick to pull out his bass flute. It's awesome. Starts early: 6 p.m.

• Daniel Higgs/JD Emmanuel/more at The Husk (Read about it here.)

• Sondre Lerche at Wired Live/Meridian (See the photo gallery inspired by the show here.)

• Haiti benefit with Nosaprise, Fat Tony and Ghormeh Sabzi at Mango's.

• Every male music writer in Houston has a man-crush on Justin Townes Earle. He's at the Mucky Duck.

• I'll never stop loving Susan Gibson, no matter how many years have passed since she wrote Wide Open Spaces. At Anderson Fair.

• Jon Wolfe at Armadillo Palace. He's all George Strait country, none of that country-pop you see on awards shows. Tall. He's also tall.

• Even less polished country: Johnny Falstaff at Cypress Saloon.

Saturday, Feb. 6:

• Our very favorite punk chamber-music group, Two Star Symphony, teams up with Austin-based chamber-pop octet, Tiny Tin Hearts, at Rudyard's. Lovely! Show of the night.

• Local indie-folk band that I just learned about, Fox Derby, will play an in-store set at 2 p.m. Cactus Music.

• Very fine singer-songwriters Tim Easton, Betty Soo and Will Sexton will be at The Listening Room (Read more about Tim Easton here.)

• I guess Shawn Pander keeps moving back and forth between Texas and Los Angeles. After another couple of months in Houston, he's headed back to L.A., but not before a farewell show at Ernie's on Banks.

• The Greencards are a Mucky Duck favorite, and the progressive bluegrass band returns there this night.

• The annual Rory Miggins Memorial Irish Stew Cookoff is a daytime event at the Continental Club. Performers include Blaggards, the Mighty Orq and more. See the lineup here. Noon-6 p.m.

• I like this band name: Drew Smith's Lonely Choir. Opening for Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township at the Continental Club. (And playing SXSW this year.)

• Oh, hey, it's Arthur Yoria at the Corner Pub in Conroe. If you're in Conroe, you don't have much else to do, right?

• Ben Allison and Man Size Safe at Wortham Center.

• Yeah, yeah. G.Love is silly. I know. Regardless: G. Love & Special Sauce with Redeye Empire at Warehouse Live.