On "She's a Babe," you can barely make out Ben Funkhouser singing "I miss my mom and my cats," a line that's as painfully earnest as it is deeply ironic - at least when you consider Hausu's namesake: a gruesome, impossibly over-the-top Japanese horror classic in which a fluffy white cat does some horrible, horrible things. While they're far from reaching the kind of critical infamy and legendary cult status that Hausu the film enjoys, Hausu the band are already turning heads and winning fans in the Seattle and Portland music communities, and not without reason. Their take on Orange Juicy post-punk is joyous, with shades of Springsteen's small town angst in its sing-along choruses, and despite the relative youth of these four Reed College students, Hausu are seriously talented musicians. 

[Northern, with Brainstorm, Sick Jumps, 8 p.m., all-ages, 321 Fourth Ave., Olympia, northernolympia.org]