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Tonight there’s Icona Pop at Metro, Dirty Beaches at Empty Bottle, Salt-n-Pepa at Joe’s, Panic! at the Disco at the Vic, Cerebral Ballzy at Beat Kitchen, and a BLVD Records showcase at Burlington. Tomorrow night check out Laura Mvula at Martyrs’, Cafe Tacvuba at Aragon Ballroom, Ryan Cohan Septet at Green Mill, No Age at Schubas, or Charli XCX at Lincoln Hall. On Saturday you can see Ryan Cohan Septet at Green Mill, Derek Bermel with the Prometheus Modern Ensemble at Merit School of Music, No Age at Empty Bottle, Lina Allemano Four Tone Step at Constellation, or Lantern at Permanent Records. To close out the weekend on Sunday you can take in performances from the Wrong Words at Saki, Astronautalis at Schubas, Animal City at Whistler, or Ryan Cohan at Room 43.
Thu 9/12: Empire of the Sun at Aragon Ballroom
“When Los Crudos reunited in March—not their first reunion by any stretch, and obviously not their last—their doubleheader generated an almost painful level of anticipation, in part because presale tickets weren’t available and Facebook RSVPs for the two all-ages shows ran into the thousands,” writes Kevin Warwick. Los Crudos packed ChiTown Futbol for those shows, and they’ll likely do the same this weekend when they return to rip it up once again. “At the shows, front man Martin Sorrondeguy (also of queercore band Limp Wrist) did his damnedest to catch his breath between blasts of speed riffs and furious drumming that last maybe a minute apiece, and the room swelled and contracted with a surging, sweaty, asshole-to-elbow throng of nostalgia junkies and studded-jacket kids who definitely weren’t alive when Los Crudos wrote their first song.”
