Japan’s biggest girl-punk band is celebrating thirty years together (they’ve released a breathtaking sixteen albums, the most recent being the last year’s Osaka Ramones tribute). It’s only too bad their most famous fan, Kurt Cobain, won’t be there to see it all. With Grave Babies, Watch It Sparkle. ERIN K. THOMPSON

Tue., Nov. 8, 8 p.m., 2011