>> Detroit garage rockers Gore Gore Girls are at DC9 with two local acts: the Highballers and the Droptops. 9 p.m., $10.
>> Don’t miss our full preview of the Stones Throw concert tonight at Black Cat. 8 p.m., $20.
>> Looking to crash one of those well-monied D.C. holiday parties for free food and drinks? Via BrightestYoungThings, a handy list.
>> Thievery Corporation‘s Rob Garza’s latest side-project, Dust Galaxy, will be at the musician’s own Eighteenth Street Lounge tonight. The band also features prominent local musicians James Canty (Nation of Ulysses, The Make Up, French Toast) and Jerry Busher (Fugazi). It’s sure to be packed, so get there before 9 p.m.
>> The Embassy of Austria is hosting a free screening of Wolfgang Murnberger’s film Silentium, a story about what happens after a man who accused a Catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child appears to have committed suicide. 7:30 p.m., RSVP required at 202-895-6776 or rsvp@austria.org
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