Danzig with Doyle
Wednesday, August 28
Glenn Danzig is probably the Internet’s favorite hard rocker. Whether it’s the ancient (by Web standards) viral video of him being punched out by a rival rocker backstage, pictures of the muscled metal man carrying a giant box of kitty litter through a supermarket parking lot, or the cavalcade of press for the satirical comic book Henry & Glenn Forever, which imagines a gay romance between him and Henry Rollins, Danzig’s apparent lack of humor and self-importance make him an easy target for ridicule. But his music is no joke; the former Misfits frontman is a punk icon who’s celebrating 25 years with his namesake band this tour, featuring former Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. And since a Misfits reunion isn’t likely to materialize anytime soon, the set of Misfits songs you’ll hear tonight—alongside Danzig classics like “Mother” and “Twist of Cain”—may be as close as you ever get to that sacred devil-locked reunion. With Scar the Martyr, Huntress. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 652-0444. 7:30 p.m. $35 adv./$39 DOS. All ages.
DAVE LAKE
Mary Lambert
Wednesday, August 28
Seattle’s favorite red-headed chanteuse has been a featured artist for a while now, as in “Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert.” But after listeners fell in love with her soulful voice and heartfelt contribution on the duo’s “Same Love,” Lambert is breaking out on her own, headlining her biggest local show to date and prepping to open for Tegan & Sara at the end of the month. She hasn’t left behind the song that’s made her a household name, though, recently releasing a spinoff called “She Keeps Me Warm.” Plus, there was that recent performance of “Same Love” at a little thing called the MTV Video Music Awards. Lambert (accompanied tonight by the Passenger String Quartet) appears poised and ready for a global takeover of her own. With Daniel Blue and Wishbeard. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. 21 and over.
AZARIA PODPLESKY
Cali Giraffes
Thursday, August 29
Despite having not yet released a full-length, Cali Giraffes have racked up lots of press and headlining status in record time. This is no doubt a by-product of their musical pedigree (the group includes Kim Warnick of the Fastbacks and Mikey Davis of Alien Crime Syndicate) and the band’s formation by Evan Dando of the Lemonheads—who hand-picked its members, named the band, then promptly left (due to geographical differences, not musical ones), allowing Seattle vet Thane Mitchell of Furniture Girls to step in. Tonight’s Chop Suey gig will showcase some of the material that will eventually become the band’s debut LP—three-minute pop blasts with male/female vocals that will delight Fastbacks and Lemonheads fans with their bouncy buoyancy and sunny refrains. It’s the perfect gig to say sayonara to summer. With Spaceneedles, Silly Goose. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8005. 8 p.m. $5 adv./$8 DOS.
DAVE LAKE
Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion
Thursday, August 29
“My life is in stages,” Snoop says at the beginning of the documentary Reincarnation. “Whether it’s me performing live onstage or me going through stages in life . . . that’s what my life has always been based on.” With his conversion to Rastafarianism last year, the 41-year-old rapper has entered a new stage in life, reborn as reggae artist Snoop Lion. The reincarnation of Bob Marley he is not, but his new music is a contemporary commingling of Jamaican and African-American cultures—much like the conditions that gave rise to hip-hop some 40 years ago. This concert will feature classic tracks from every stage of his career; and, although he claims to have renounced the persona, there are rumors of one last rap album in the works. With Jarv Dee and ILLFIGHTYOU. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 652-0444. 9 p.m. $39.95 adv./$45 DOS. All ages.
MICHAEL BERRY
Animals in Cars
Friday, August 30
Though their second album is called Tourist, this alt-rock quartet is content to stay home with their genre of choice: grunge-inflected, ’90s-style guitar rock. The trippy, collage-style cover art is a little deceiving, too: You might think something more like Animal Collective lurks within, but not so. Even though the group exhibits a range of styles on this six-track follow up to 2012’s Motion Blur—and opts to go acoustic for album closer “Future Ain’t Perfect,” a standout track—it leans heavily toward distorted guitar and droning, bellowing vocals, inspired by the likes of Pavement and Sonic Youth. If ’90s-influenced alt-rock is your thing, Animals in Cars is your band. With Sleepy Pilot and Death by Stars. High Dive, 513 N. 36th St., 632-0212. $8. 9:30 p.m. 21 and over.
AZARIA PODPLESKY
