Club pick: Bumtech at Zephyr Saturday

The club: The Zephyr Lounge.

Who's playing: Bumtech. The Portland, Ore., band's name makes about as much sense at the band's song "Scrotessa Weanis in the Workplace," but the duo, who layer guitar, bass and keyboards over a synthy-sounding drum machine, make some decent pop sounds. They describe it as Nirvana meets Wang Chung, which is about as good as any description I could come up with. They play at 10 p.m. (ZST*) Saturday with Reno's Nick Ramirez opening.

*ZST is Zephyr Standard Time, which means actual times may vary.

What's flowing: Irish car bombs (made with Bailey's, Guinness and whiskey), Jameson shots and pomegranate martinis are popular. Tap beers include Guinness, Blue Moon, Sierra Nevada, 1554 and Sam Adams Oktoberfest.

Also this week: Live music on Friday; open mike on Monday night; Greg Ginn & the Texas Corrugators with Jambang on Tuesday (both bands feature Black Flag's Greg Ginn doing jam music nothing like Black Flag).

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