Lucinda Williams, Buick 6
(Showbox at the Market) Want further proof that we're living in a righteous new era? Little Honey, the new record by Lucinda Williams, entered the Billboard Hot 100 album chart in the top 10. Of course, this says more about the sorry state of the music industry than about a sudden widespread hunger for the well-crafted tunes of a perennial critics' darling‖but still, such milestones must be celebrated. Tonight, the mighty Ms. Williams brings the rocking Little Honey to the stage, and if it's anything like the typical "Lucinda live" experience, she'll be odd, a little stiff, and sporadically brilliant (and backed by an astoundingly accomplished collection of musicians). DAVID SCHMADER

Grayskul, Strong Killings, D.Black, Elephant Rider
(King Cobra) Hiphop and rock can be a combination as delicious as chocolate and peanut butter or as disgusting as a Juggalo covered in Faygo. Luckily, this evening of music from the far ends of the rap/rock spectrum is the former rather than the latter. Theatrically gloomy duo Grayskul trade in dark rhymes and acerbic deliveries over bass-heavy beats and druggy, disorienting atmospheres; Strong Killings kick out ragged, possibly rabid punk rock‖œmarked pounding drums, battered guitars, and garbled gang vocals that sound like they were sung with the mics inside mouths full of broken teeth. D.Black raps with casual authority, steely determination, and a commanding flow; Elephant Rider, true to their name, aim for a mammoth, heavy sound, bass and drum hits landing like trammeling footfalls, guitar and vocals echoing as though delivered from a dizzying height (their recordings don't yet quite bear this sound out, but it's likely quite crushing live). ERIC GRANDY

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