The problem with house shows? When you’re at the wrong house. Jeff & the Jazzcocks, a scrawny punk outfit from Omaha, had vague directions to a basement show on Spoon St., part of a ramshackle national tour the band had arranged. They lost the exact address but found the street, heard music in a backyard, walked in and set up. Turns out the Jazzcocks had crashed an engagement party which didn’t appreciate such original relationship songs as “Don’t Need You Too” and “Fuck Out of My Life.” The party they’d wanted would’ve been two blocks down, on the other side of the street, but had been shut down without notice because the host’s parents hadn’t gone on vacation after all.

Problem with house parties is that you can’t let too many people know about them. But some people just, you know, gotta know.

Tonight: The Pat Hobbies and Beloved Infidel at the Bullfinch. Smart lyrics… France by Big Shots and No Nutty at Hamilton’s, pop covers perhaps more obscure than you’d expect… Dame Rumor comeback gig at D’Ollaire’s, propped up by young upstarts Ted the Pink and Rodgers the Fink, all sharing the same pick-up band…