Boston’s own Mr. Sister has scheduled two upcoming performances to showcase her self-described “weird folk”. This Grinding Tapes artist has been collaborating with Faces on Film’s Mike Fiore. Catch them on May 1st at Cantab Lounge in Cambridge and on May 11th at TT’s!

As part of two larger international tours, Canadian critical darlings, Rock Plaza Central and Plants and Animals are teaming up for four US shows this May. You can catch both of these fantastic bands as their independent tours converge on May 18th at TT the Bear’s Place.

Rock Plaza Central burst onto the scene in 2006 with their independently-released and robotic-equine-themed debut, Are We Not Horses, which garnered lazy but understandable comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel and justifiably topped numerous end-of-year lists.

Plants and Animals are also enjoying a significant amount of recent hype centering around their excellent debut, Parc Avenue.

Canadian art-punk group, The Constantines will treat somewhere on the order of 300 Bostonians to their unique amalgam of Fugazi and Springsteen this Friday at TT the Bear’s Place. They’ll be drumming up support for their forthcoming album, Kensington Heights, which is due on Arts and Crafts tomorrow in Canada and two weeks later in America. Kensington Heights is their fourth album since their 2001 self-titled debut and their first for Arts and Crafts.