Yes, it’s Monday. Yes, you partied hard all weekend. Yes, you caught the Hold Steady every other time they’ve come through town, so you might sit this one out. Wait… This just in: Yes, you’re a big pussy who couldn’t rock a little girl’s birthday party with a fifth of Jim Beam and a fakebook of Grunge’s Heaviest Moments!

Tonight, the world’s best rock band (as evidenced by the double-neck Gibson SG), the Hold Steady, will spread their fervorous tales of chillout tents and drunken sunrises to a beer-sloshing audience at the Crystal. And on this go-round, they’re joined by their British brothers from another mother, Art Brut, whose entire sound is perfectly captured in their two album titles, Bang Bang Rock and Roll and It’s a Bit Complicated. The ‘Steady is obviously the bigger name on the bill (in Portland, anyway), but to show up just in time for Craig Finn & Co. would be to miss half of a serious double bill. And that’d be so un-rockish of you. [Vaguely ironic devil horn salute here.]

Here’s Art Brut doing their single “Direct Hit” at the Bowery Ballroom a few months ago:

Show’s at Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 9 pm tonight.