There’s at least one good party option this weekend  to “spur” you on.

— Guv’s Place in Houlton is getting back into hosting bands more frequently — often in the form of duos and soloists — and this Saturday night, Jan. 11, continues that trend as pop-rocker Christy Sperling takes the stage for her first show there. Look for her to play additional shows at Guv’s in the next month or so.

— When he’s not giving lessons on various types of guitar picking, Kyle Kohila also plays Guv’s and other venues quite often, and a highlight for me of his most recent performance there was taking on a non-electric version of You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC, followed by a rocked up version of Folsom Prison Blues by Johnnie Cash, and then giving a slide guitar feel to Pink Floyd’s Mother. Koliha was at Guv’s at both the end of November and the end of December, and expect to see him more there during the New Year.

— A Hudson-based hip-hop manager says his shows have been drawing well in the New Richmond area — once even bringing so many people into an Amery venue that it effectively doubled that berg’s population number for a night. He also says to watch for shows in the immediate Hudson area, and adds that his crew already rapped at Uncle Mike’s for a night. While I was being told this, on the back patio of Ellie’s on Main, a couple of his stalwarts broke into a makeshift concert of a song or two, using their thumping voices.