MUSIC: Record label Hand Drawn Dracula presents a night of musical favourites at the Whippersnapper Gallery. Headlining are Contrived, who have just released their newest CD Blank, Blank, Blank. Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt goes intimately solo with his new CD Coyotes. He and Contrived are joined by Julie Fader and Off the International Radar. DJs Graham Walsh (also of Holy Fuck) and Shit La Merde spin between live sets. Whippersnapper Gallery (587A College Street), 9 p.m., $7.

Newsstand: November 23, 2009