The dilemma: Two concerts, two different groups, one small budget.

The lack of funds is forcing you to choose between the two and, to make matters worse, neither group has earned any space on your iPod because they're not your favorites (yet), but you're aching for a live show and you need to pick a pop group pronto.

Do you spend your Friday night with Shiny Toy Guns? Or do you go out on a — gasp! — weeknight Wednesday and risk a Thursday morning hangover for The Presidents of the United States of America?

The real question you should be asking yourself is: Are you a Shiny Toy Guns person or are you The Presidents of the United States of America person?

We can help you figure it out (which is a pretty priceless offer when you think about it). Take our quiz and see which side you're on:

1. You like message music. The more melodic the politics, the better.

a. Bring on the preaching!

b. Songs have words?

2. Do you think instruments are needed to make good music?

a. I like my beats to come from a sweaty person in a tank top beating the life out of a drum set.

b. Uh, no. That's what effects modules are for.

3. How much do you love MySpace?

a. Love? Not even close.

b. I found my new favorite group on MySpace! Love it!

4. What's a basitarist?

a. Cool! I love those hybrid words!

b. Hybrid words? That's so 1994. And they're called "portmanteaux."

5. You know exactly where you were when you heard Kurt Cobain died.

a. Of course. And I cried.

b. Naw, but I heard it was rough.

6. Girls rock, right?

a. Yeah! Do the Violent Femmes count?

b. Yeah! Especially if the girls are anything like Sophie Ellis Bextor, JES or Emma Anzai.

7. There's a Weird Al Yankovic version of at least five of your favorite songs.

a. More like 10 of my favorite songs!

b. How do you make fun of the Silversun Pickups?

Scoring:

This is the easy part. If you answered with mostly a's, you're a Presidents person — or you would be if you knew more about the band. See The Presidents of the United States play Wednesday night at Pipeline Café.

If you answered with mostly b's, guess what? Yep. You'll make a great Shiny Toy Guns fan. STG is scheduled to perform tonight, also at Pipeline Café.