4 p.m. SILVERSUN PICKUPS. A little Smashing Pumpkins, a little My Bloody Valentine, a lot of catchy, guy-girl harmonies and indie-rock guitar buzz. Puma Store, 33 Union Square West. (Or at Pianos at 8 p.m.)
8 p.m. OXFORD COLLAPSE. The Brooklyn-based Sub Pop band aggressively bounces between Luna cool and Modest Mouse spikiness. Bowery Ballroom.
9 p.m. THE ELECTED. The grand team of Rilo Kiley’s Blake Sennett and The Postal Service’s Jimmy Tamborello make pretty, delicate electro-folk on “Sun, Sun, Sun.” Bowery Ballroom.
10 p.m. THE WALKMEN. In the spirit of friendship and experimentation, The Walkmen tackle a song-by-song cover of “Pussy Cats,” a 1974 collaboration between John Lennon and Harry Nilsson that includes Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and Doc Pomus’ “Save the Last Dance for Me.” NYU’s Skirball Center for Performing Arts.
11 p.m. ACTION ACTION. Long Island’s ever-clever, new-new-wavers rock out with songs from the underrated “An Army of Shapes Between Wars” album. Bowery Poetry Club.