Up with the Get Down

It's a rare thing to be completely and unexpectedly won over by an opening band you had zero expectations for. So it went with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, which opened for the decidedly more melodramatic Xiu Xiu on its last stop in town. The effervescent Thao Nguyen and band shuffle and stomp through a collection of utterly charming, alt-country tinged jams on their record "We Brave Bee Stings and All." It's simple, stripped-down, and straight-forward music, but Nguyen's lovely voice imbues the songs with the type of coy romance that ensures somebody's falling in love tonight. Whether it's with the band or just with the person standing next to you in the crowd is up to you. 18+ 9 p.m. $10. TT the Bear's, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 617-492-2327. www.ttthebears.com