BOOK-SIGNING: Author Kent Hartman will discuss his book, The Wrecking Crew, which sheds light on an uncredited group of Los Angeles musicians who secretly stood in for real bands in the sixties and seventies, such as The Beach Boys, The Ronettes, Dusty Springfield, and many more. Kent's talk will include a twenty-minute film featuring rare audio outtakes, Wrecking Crew film footage and more. (7 p.m., Books Inc Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue)

MUSIC: Party hard with the "King of Partying," Andrew W.K., who continues to use "all forms of entertainment to create feelings of pure joy, fun, love, freedom, and possibility." Just make sure he doesn't end up with another bloody nose, will ya? There's only so much bleach those white t-shirts can handle. (8 p.m., The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street)

PERFORMANCE: The line-up at tonight's installment of the queer performance series, The News, which debuted last month, will include Keke Hunt, who uses performance, video and sculpture "to addresses questions around control, consent, and the objectifying gaze," musician Samuel Kehl, Jai Arun Ravine, a text-based artist working in film/video, movement and performance, and others. (7:30 to 9 p.m., SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street)