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After checking out the lineups this weekend at the Turf Club, I’ve decided I may as well set up a cot and camp out.

Rock & Roll Spring Break

Whether or not you’re heading to South by Southwest next week (you know I am), you’ll want to check out tonight’s SXSW Sendoff. Though Vita.mn and City Pages have already thrown their sendoff parties at the Varsity Theater and First Avenue, respectively, the Turf’s version focuses on up-and-comers over big names – with a couple of national acts thrown in. Organized by Christy Hunt of Pink Mink and the Von Bondies, the show takes place concurrently between the main stage and the basement Clown Lounge (thankfully reopened recently after a short-lived closure).

Headlining is, of course, Pink Mink – one of the best new live acts in town, thanks to the one-two punch of frontwomen Hunt and Arzu Gokcen alongside longtime local fixtures Charles Gehr on drums and Jacques Wait on bass. Detroit’s The Hounds Below is the latest project from Jason Stollsteimer that draws Roy Orbison and Otis Redding as influences. One man dancing machine Shane Shane is the frontman of Madison band Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons. JM Airis is a band started by the drummer of the New York band Dead Sparrows, with an album soon to be released by local label Totally Gross National Product. Also on the lineup: H.U.N.X., the newish inprovisational electronic project from To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie’s Mark McGee and Lookbook’s Maggie Morrison which just completed a six-month-long Wednesday night residency at Nick and Eddie; Hastings 3000, one-man guitar god Joe Hastings (known to don a white suit and gas mask and perform remotely off-stage), and newbies Still Pacific.

The lineup:
Mainstage: Pink Mink (1 a.m.), The Hounds Below (midnight), JM Airis (11 p.m.), Still Pacific (10 p.m.)
Clown Lounge: H.U.N.X. (12:30 a.m.), Shane Shane (11:30 p.m.), Hastings 3000 (10:30 p.m.)

The details:
10 p.m. Friday, $7, 21-plus, Turf Club, 1601 W. University Ave., St. Paul, 651-647-0486, www.turfclub.net

Poster art by Lisa Luck

Then on Saturday, the ’70s-loving record spinners known as Hot Roxx have put together a showcase that challenges local bands to play their favorite tracks spanning the Fleetwood Mac catalog. So don your finest capes, medieval garb, and get ye down to the Turf for a magical, mystical eve.

The lineup:
Vampire Hands, Me & My Arrow, Nightinghales, Little Foot, and Invisible Boy, plus plus hand-selected musical delights by Hot Roxx DJ Jen Hughes.

The details:
9 p.m. Friday, $7, 21-plus, Turf Club, 1601 W. University Ave., St. Paul, 651-647-0486, www.turfclub.net