We’ve already covered some options for the evening (the Blakes, Built to Spill, Brent Amaker), but if you feel like going to a show that doesn’t star a band with a name that starts with the letter B, perhaps you should consider…

THE WEAKERTHANS, THE LAST TOWN CHORUS, JEREMY FISHER
(Neumo’s) Growing old gracefully isn’t easy, especially for anarcho-punk rockers. But John K. Samson (long ago a member of Fat Wreck Chords Propagandhi) has managed as much with the Weakerthans. Over the course of four albums, Samson has slowly sloughed off the punk rock to reveal thoughtful folk, frost-bitten country, and painfully smart pop (he’s the kind of lyricist who will internally rhyme “dissemble” and “December” in a line about rush-hour traffic) that deals elegantly with the subjects of love, age, and fading idealism. Their latest, Reunion Tour, finds the band further mellowing—songs such as “Civil Twilight” and “Tournament of Hearts” are faint glimmers of the anxious energy still abundant on 1997’s Fallow and 2000’s Left and Leaving. But Samson’s songwriting remains strong and poignant as ever, and there are some treats for fans, such as the Reconstruction Site sequel “Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure.” ERIC GRANDY