Recommended Music: Andrew W.K., 'Born on the 5th of July' EXIT Music Festival, Dethklok, Ulrich Schnauss, 'The Gits,' Sex/Vid,' Blues on the Green featuring Los Lonely Boys

FRIDAY

Andrew W.K. The man in the white jeans who once screamed 'Don't Stop Living in the Red' returns with all-new anthems, most likely urging you to party, believe in yourself or something similarly optimistic and loud. With Against Me's Tom Gabel and more. 10 p.m. $10. Emo's, 603 Red River St. 477-3667. – Joe Gross

SATURDAY

'Born on the 5th of July' EXIT Music Festival.Exit Music Group presents a festival of Austin music and art. Participating bands include Black & White Years (for a story on the band, see page 10), Alpha Rev, Ricardo Sanchez, South Austin Jug Band, Patrice Pike and many more. Yes, there is a drum circle stage. Doors at 9 a.m., show 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. $12.25 (kids 10 and younger), $23.25, $56.25. Waterloo Park, 403 E. 15th St. – J.G.

SUNDAY

Dethklok. The central characters of Cartoon Network's hit 'Metalocalypse,' Dethklok is a real band sort of the way Gorillaz is. With less-animated (hah!) metal acts Chimaira and Soilent Green. 7:30 p.m. $25. Austin Music Hall, 208 Nueces St. 263-4146. — J.G.

SUNDAY

Ulrich Schnauss. His latest album, 'Goodbye,' has been one of this German ambient electronic artist's most widely reviewed and one of his best received. Expect music in cloud form. With Austin's shoegazing space cadets Experimental Aircraft and more. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 7 p.m. The Parish, 214 E. Sixth St. 478-6372. — J.G.

MONDAY

'The Gits.' The 1993 rape and murder of Gits leader Mia Zapata tore a hole in the Seattle rock scene from which it took more than a decade to start to recover. 'The Gits' explores the band, its charismatic leader and the way the brutal crime, which went unsolved for years, grew into myth. Part of the Alamo's ongoing Music Monday series. 9:45 p.m. $2. Alamo Ritz, 320 E. Sixth St. 476-1320. — J.G.

TUESDAY

Sex/Vid.Perhaps the best hardcore band in the U.S., Sex/Vid radiates chaos, fury and all kinds of bad mojo. With Austin's Iron Age, the Italian band Giuda and more. Emo's. 603 Red River St. 477-3667. – J.G.

WEDNESDAY

Blues on the Green featuring Los Lonely Boys.The most popular concert series in Austin continues with the San Angelo trio that could. The new album is called 'Forgiven,' and it received four whole stars in this paper. This show will probably be jammed. 7:30 p.m. Free. Zilker Park's Rock Island. 832-4000. – J.G.