With Ayo 1. TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION: Well-crafted guitar riffs, Anselmo-strength vocals and potent amounts of promise for this D-FW hard-rock outfit.

•Tomorrow night at Curtain Club, with Lowside, Hillbilly Orchestra and more

2. BECKY MIDDLETON BAND: A haunting, melancholy vocalist, with plenty of sad soul and harmonica.

•Tomorrow night at the Cavern

3. SMILE SMILE: One of the great indie-chill bands of the modern day, recognized as far away as L.A. 's music scene. And from our own backyard!

•Saturday night at the Granada

4. SOUTHBOUND: All you need for a great Southern rock cover band is a capable singer and a smokin' piano player. They have it, and more.

•Saturday night at the Flying Pig Roadhouse in Lake Dallas

5. BLARNEY STREET HOOLIGANS: Usually, Irish drinking songs are done by one guy with a guitar in a green outfit. Not here. This is a full-on, rocked-out band with a hint of punk-a-billy.

•Saturday night at Across the Street Bar

Ayo hosts The Edge of Night on KDGE-FM (102.1), weeknights from 6 to 10.