It's that time again: Friday is when we give you a bunch of songs to listen to, by the bands we wrote about in this week's issue.

First up: Slim Cessna's Auto Club. The Denver-based band is headed up by Pittsburgh's own Slim Cessna. I wrote about Slim and his son, George, in this week's issue.

Here's a live radio performance the Auto Club did, which went on their 20th anniversary release:

For his part, George is in a band called The Sterling Sisters; they're opening for the Auto Club at the New Hazlett next week.

Meeting of Important People, the subject of our On the Record interview this week, was also the subject of our MP3 Monday, so you can stream their tune there.

In Critics' PIcks this week, find the following bands:

Guardian Alien (who played the 31st St. Pub last night)

Blackberry Smoke (who played Altar last night)

Maps and Atlases (Shadow Lounge, tonight)

Tigers Jaw (tomorrow at Smiling Moose)

Elikeh (tomorrow at Thunderbird Cafe)

Enjoy!