Wonkette

* Antigone Rising, the all-female, surprisingly heavy band will rock the Birchmere tonight. $17.50, 7:30 p.m. [Birchmere]
* “Polite indie rock”? Not Cataract Camp, performing with Narrator. $8, 9:00 p.m. [Black Cat]
* From the “Can I Keep Him?” files: R.D. Rosen discusses the connection between a young couple and a buffalo while simultaneously telling the history of buffalo extermination. 7:00 p.m. [Politics and Prose]
* Like comedy? San Francisco? Assuaging your guilty conscience? Hotel Palomar hosts an event to benefit Food & Friends. $65, 6:30-9:30 p.m. [City Guide]