Abstract: The coalescence of a compact binary that contains a neutron star makes up a large portion of gravitational-wave sources expected to be observable by Advanced LIGO, and may also explain currently-observed short gamma-ray bursts. The details of these signals will also tell us something about the dense matter that makes up neutron stars, as the matter determines how a neutron star responds to its companion. I will talk about gamma-ray burst precursor flares from tidally resonant shattering of a neutron-star crust, and about contributions to the gravitational-wave inspiral signal from the increasing tidal response as the stars approach each other.