Floater (Submitted photo)

Rock your noodle off with Eddie Spaghetti

Now here’s something cool: Eddie Spaghetti, frontman for the self-proclaimed world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band, The Supersuckers, is playing a solo gig Saturday night at the little ol’ Astro Lounge.

Spaghetti is touring behind his new solo album “The Value of Nothing,” which came out earlier this year on alt-country super-label Bloodshot Records.

If you know the Supersuckers’ brand of gritty, horns-flying rock ’n’ roll, and you know that Spaghetti’s solo album was recorded with the help of Jesse Dayton, himself a collaborator with Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, among other “real country” singers, then you can probably guess what “Value” sounds like: rugged, irreverent folk-rock ’n’ pop delivered via percussive acoustic-guitar strum and Spaghetti’s gruff, bar-smoke voice.

It’s Spaghetti’s first solo album of all originals, and considering his band plays venues many times bigger than the Astro, this should be a nice opportunity to see him in an intimate environment.

Eddie Spaghetti; 10 p.m. Saturday, doors open 9 p.m.; $5; The Astro Lounge, 939 N.W. Bond St., Bend; www.randompresents.com.

Todd Haaby to heat up the Tower Theatre

As I write this, the temperatures in Central Oregon are dropping rapidly. Single-digit lows are forecasted for Friday, which is actually the day the newspaper you’re holding is scheduled to publish. (Confused? Don’t be. There is a simple explanation: I’m a time traveler.)

Anyway, that means that tonight, guitarist Todd Haaby and his band Sola Via will heat up the Tower Theatre with their spicy nuevo flamenco music, an upbeat fusion of traditional flamenco and modern iterations of jazz, Latin music and more.

Anyone who’s seen these folks light it up on stage know they’re like the aural version of sitting by a warming fire. One thing, though: Tickets to this fire were going fast earlier this week. Move quickly if you want in.

Todd Haaby and Sola Via; 7 tonight, doors open 6 p.m.; $24-$36, plus fees, available through the venue; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; www.towertheatre.org or 541-317-0700.

Floater floats back into town

It’s been longer than usual since Bend got a visit from Floater.

The Oregon hard-rock stalwart came to town in July 2012. Before that, in late 2011, some of their gear was stolen between gigs at the Midtown complexy. (It was later returned.)

So it’s been almost 18 months since Rob Wynia, Peter Cornett and David Amador brought their lumbering blend of grunge-rock, progressive metal and psychedelic pop to Bend. And really, that’s OK.

If their website is any indication, not a ton has happened in Floater’s world over the past year and a half. No new album since 2010’s “Wake.” Some solo stuff from Wynia. But mostly, Floater has been playing rock shows for its legion of loyal fans around the Northwest.

They’ll do the same here tonight. Local hard-rockers Jones Road open the show.

Floater, with Jones Road; 9 tonight, doors open 8 p.m.; $15 plus fees in advance (ticket outlets listed on website below), $18 at the door; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.randompresents.com.

Jeffrey Martin joins Anna Tivel in Sisters

Jeffrey Martin is just a terrific songwriter.

Those who’ve seen him at the Sisters Folk Festival can tell you that. They can also tell you whether he’s a terrific performer. I can’t tell you that; I’ve never seen him.

But I’ve listened to the songs at www.jeffreymartinmusic.com, and I hear a young-ish guy with an old-soul songwriter’s easy way with melody and arrangement. According to an interview in No Depression, Martin’s an English teacher in Eugene, which might explain why he’s such an exquisite storyteller. Genetics, presumably, would explain Martin’s fine-grit voice, which recalls Steve Earle at his folk-troubadour-iest.

On Saturday night, Martin will make the trek over to Sisters, where he’ll be accompanied by Anna Tivel, herself a talented singer-songwriter. These two make magic with acoustic guitars and their voices, and the HarmonyHouse will be a wonderful place to watch that magic unfold.

Jeffrey Martin, with Anna Tivel; 8 p.m. Saturday, doors open 7 p.m.; $15-$20 suggested donation; HarmonyHouse, 17505 Kent Road, Sisters; 541-548-7284.

Blackberry Bushes brighten up a Monday

Mondays can be a bit slow, music-wise, ’round these parts, so when we have a full-blown Monday Night Bluegrass Dance Party on the calendar, it’s worth pointing out.

What’s that? Oh, it’s my finger! And it’s pointing to Volcanic Theatre Pub, where The Blackberry Bushes from Seattle and local dudes Pitchfork Revolution will warm your ’grassy soul with some sweet pickin’ Monday night.

The Bushes have been through Bend before; in fact, they’re a Northwest staple that has recently expanded its touring territory across the country and Europe. The trio’s music is rooted in bluegrass, but there are unmistakable dabbles in pop, blues and jazz there, too. And singer Jes Raymond gives these stories a compelling voice.

The Blackberry Bushes, with Pitchfork Revolution; 7 p.m. Monday, doors open 6 p.m.; $5; Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 S.W. Century Drive, Bend; www.volcanictheatrepub.com.

— Ben Salmon