Monday, November 17: Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club at Frank’s Power Plant, 7 p.m. (FREE)
Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club hails from Israel, but the band’s influences reaches all across the board of American music—part surf rock, part psychedelia, part garage punk, part rockabilly. Last year’s double LP Love Police (off Oakland label Guitars and Bongos Records) boasted a whopping 31 tracks that mined all that divergent territory. (2800 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., FranksPowerPlant.com)
Also: Anna Nalick with Anne Heaton at Shank Hall, 8 p.m. ($15) – (1434 N. Farwell Ave., ShankHall.com)
Tuesday, November 18: G-Eazy with E-40, Iamsu! And Jay Ant at The Rave, 7 p.m. ($21.50-$26.50)
Look out for Oakland’s G-Eazy, who could be hip hop’s next breakout star. After releasing scores of mixtapes, including 2011’s highly touted The Endless Summer, the 25-year-old finally dropped a full-length, These Things Happen, this summer, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Charts and featured guest appearances from fellow Bay Area neighbors E-40 and Jay Ant, who open for the up-and-coming rapper tonight at the Rave. (2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., TheRave.com)
Also: Diana Krall at The Riverside Theater, 7:30 p.m. ($59.50-$75) – (116 W. Wisconsin Ave., PabstTheater.org)
And: RL Grime with Lunice and Branchez at Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m. ($20 advance; $24.50 door) – (1032 N. Fourth St., PabstTheater.org)
Wednesday, November 19: Soul Search with Forced Order, Fury, Social Damage, Stone and Township at Borg Ward, 6:30 p.m. ($12) – (823 W. National Ave.)
Thursday, November 20: Tech N9ne with Krizz Kaliko and Stevie Stone at the Rave, 8 p.m. ($26.50-$94)
If a music career could be translated to baseball, Tech N9ne would certainly have sportswriters questioning his bid for the hall of fame. While the Kansas City rapper has never released anything too groundbreaking, he’s put together quite a solid career, with 13 pretty-good-selling studio albums over 15 years—the equivalent of batting .275 and hitting 25 homeruns a year in that span. Probably not hall-worthy, but Tech N9ne still has good years ahead of him—a new full-length, Special Effects, is due in March. (2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., TheRave.com)
Also: Moonrise Nation at Shank Hall, 8 p.m. ($10) – (1434 N. Farwell Ave., ShankHall.com)
Friday, November 21: Gwar with Corrosion of Conformity and American Sharks at The Rave, 8 p.m. ($20-$94)
Tragedy struck the goofy, mythical thrash metal band Gwar this past spring when founding member Davie Brockie passed away from a heroin overdose at the age of 50. The singer embodied Gwar’s brazen leader, Oderus Urungus, who would sometimes shoot mysterious liquids from his so-called “cuttlefish.” Instead of disbanding, Gwar has soldiered on with former bassist Michael Bishop (Beefcake the Mighty), playing a new character this time around called Blothar. (2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., TheRave.com)
Also: Arctic Sleep (album release) with Arbor, Tyranny Is Tyranny and Volunteer at Cactus Club, 9 p.m. – (2496 S. Wentworth Ave., CactusClubMilwaukee.com)
And: Tigernite with Prognosis Negative and The Stud Spiders at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 9 p.m. ($5) – (1001 E. Locust St., Linnemans.com)
And: Mike Doughty at Shank Hall, 8 p.m. ($20) – (1434 N. Farwell Ave., ShankHall.com)
Saturday, November 22: Phillip Phillips with Saints of Valory at The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m. ($29.50-$49.50)
The once-blockbuster-television-phenomenon American Idol was so popular that a win earned a singer instant (and perhaps undeserving) pop star fame. Now that interest in the first-rate karaoke competition has died considerably down, winners need to further prove themselves after the show’s conclusion. Eleventh season winner Phillip Phillips has done a pretty good job at building a steady career off his victory, releasing two solid folk rock records, 2012’s The World from the Side of the Moon and 2014’s Behind the Light. (116 W. Wisconsin Ave., PabstTheater.org)
Also: Hot Coffin with Piles at Cactus Club, 10 p.m. – (2496 S. Wentworth Ave., CactusClubMilwaukee.com)
And: The New Red Moons with The Cavewives and North By North at Mad Planet, 7 p.m. ($9) – (533 E. Center St, Mad-Planet.net)
And: Airo Kwil with Lex Allen, D’Amato and Eye Robot at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 9 p.m. ($5) – (1001 E. Locust St., Linnemans.com)
Sunday, November 23: Wave Chappelle with WebsterX, Ishdarr, Reggie Bonds and J.R. Donato at Miramar Theatre, 7:30 p.m. ($10-$15) – (2844 N. Oakland Ave., TheMiramarTheatre.com)
Also: Appleseeds with Strange Matter at Circle A Café, 8 p.m. – (932 E. Chambers St., Circle-A-Café.org)
