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Monday night you can catch reggae veteran Beres Hammond at the Shrine or, if it’s more your style, Porn and Chicken at Evil Olive, where they celebrate their third birthday. Sam Wagster and Ben Boye headline this month’s installment of Glad Cloud, a night of ambient music at the Whistler.
On Wednesday, you can see long-overlooked UK pop auteur Nick Garrie at the Empty Bottle and the heavy shoegaze of Whirr at Quenchers.
Brooklyn band Hunters broke through in 2011 with their debut EP, Hands on Fire, whose scuzzy grunge made you feel like you needed a shower. The group’s upcoming self-titled full length is friendlier and more accessible, writes Kevin Warwick: “The guitar lick in the verses of ‘Street Trash,’ for example, is pure Cobain.” But Hunters still feel most at home when they let loose and go full sludge. Hunx & His Punx headline.
