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Divine Fits (Sunday) After nearly 20 years of being faithful to one ensemble — the terrific Austin rock band Spoon — the singer-songwriter Britt Daniel formed this supergroup with Dan Boeckner of Handsome Furs and Sam Brown of the New Bomb Turks. Their debut, “A Thing Called the Divine Fits” (Merge), stews with rough, angular rock and synth-heavy psychedelic ruminations. With Sean Bones. At 9 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, musichallofwilliamsburg.com; sold out. (Stacey Anderson)
Lila Downs (Monday and Tuesday) This folkloric singer-songwriter from Oaxaca, Mexico, balances warbling refrains in multiple regional dialects with American blues and flamenco-tinged jazz. She performs at this intimate space with her multinational ensemble, La Misteriosa. At 8 p.m., City Winery, 155 Varick Street, near Spring Street, South Village, (212) 608-0555, citywinery.com; $35 to $50. (Anderson)
Dragonette (Wednesday) This feather-light electro-pop trio hails from Toronto but shares more than a passing resemblance to the Goldfrapp-Girls Aloud-style dance froth of Britain. The group’s androidlike art direction, from razored haircuts to metallic couture, would make both British influences proud. With the Knocks. At 7 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (800) 745-3000, websterhall.com/events; $20. (Anderson)
Paloma Faith (Tuesday) This year this bawdy British retro-soul and pop singer ran with the Olympic torch and released a hit second album, “Fall to Grace” (RCA). With its stateside release set for fall and its danceable yet forlorn lead single, “Picking Up the Pieces,” already making the radio rounds here, she seems poised to cross the pond with ease. At 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 967-7555, joespub.com; sold out. (Anderson)
Hugh Laurie with the Copper Bottom Band (Monday) This multifaceted British actor can toss off a sterling, misanthropic American accent, as his eight seasons on “House” demonstrated. He didn’t, however, lean on the borrowed intonation for “Let Them Talk” (Warner Brothers), his jam-happy first album of New Orleans blues standards that reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom last year. At 8 p.m., Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com; $45 to $65. (Anderson)
★ Madonna (Saturday) Now that her “MDNA” world tour has left her happily ensconced in controversy in a few countries — from her National Front-baiting imagery in France to her lawsuit-incurring advocacy of gay rights in Russia — Madonna will need to burn an effigy of Mickey Mantle to keep up momentum in the Bronx. So look for it. At 8 p.m., Yankee Stadium, 1 East 161st Street, the Bronx, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com; $44.50 to $359.50. (Anderson)
★ MoMA PS1 Warm Up with Atoms for Peace (Saturday) The city’s trendiest migrate to Long Island City for MoMA’s excellent parties at its avant-garde outpost, and with good reason: the series is one of the best day adventures in town. This closing week features a D.J. set by Atoms for Peace, the electronic-rock supergroup that includes Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and the prolific producer Nigel Godrich. With Rustie, Holy Other and more. At 2 p.m., MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 784-2084, ps1.org; $15, free for members and Long Island City residents. (Anderson)
Bob Mould (Friday) The gruff genius behind the 1980s grunge progenitors Hüsker Dü and the 1990s alt-pop rockers Sugar has enjoyed a diversion into electronic music recently as a founder, with Richard Morel, of the popular Blowoff dance parties, which starts at 11:30 p.m. at the Highline Ballroom. But first he performs Sugar’s 1992 debut, “Copper Blue” (Rykodisc/Creation), and his new solo album, “Silver Age” (Merge), in Williamsburg. At 6 p.m., Williamsburg Park, Kent Avenue at North 12th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, osanb.org; free. (Anderson)
★ Pauline Oliveros (Friday) This year’s recipient of the John Cage award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Ms. Oliveros is an experimental accordionist and composer with deep influence in the American avant-garde world. She performs with Doug Van Nort and Filter, a cutting-edge synchronized music software. At 7 p.m., New Museum, 235 Bowery, at Prince Street, Lower East Side, (212) 219-1222, newmuseum.org; $15, $12 for members. (Anderson)
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra (Tuesday) Ms. Palmer, a founder of the Brechtian cabaret-punk act Dresden Dolls, showed spot-on intuition when she decided to raise money for her next album, tour and art book through Kickstarter, hawking her wares with a sign that read, “This is the future of music.” After asking fans for $100,000 and raising more than $1.1 million, she certainly doesn’t appear to be wrong. At 7 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (800) 745-3000, websterhall.com/events; $25 in advance, $27 at the door. (Anderson)
★ Pistol Annies (Thursday) These talented country musicians — led by the genre star Miranda Lambert with Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe — harmonize with slow-cooking confidence on “Hell on Heels” (Columbia Nashville), their debut album. The clear camaraderie of the women is a real foil to their more devastating lyrics. At 8 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, Clinton, (800).745-3000, terminal5nyc9.com; $32.50 in advance, $35 day of show. (Anderson)
★ The Rapture (Friday) These millennial dance-punk overlords of the Lower East Side recapture their origins on their third record, “In the Grace of Your Love.” Recorded for their original label (the then-fledgling, now-tastemaking DFA) and structured around sharp guitars and the singer Luke Jenner’s stratospheric yelp, that album is an angular throwback to the giddy dance whirl of New York as well as a thoughtful improvement on it. This conclusion of the band’s three-night stint in Brooklyn’s center is a testament to the record’s appeal. With TV Baby and Gabe. At 9 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, (800).745-3000, musichallofwilliamsburg9.com; sold out. (Anderson)
Riot Fest with Gogol Bordello (Saturday) Downtown’s waning punk hedonism endures in this Gypsy-punk troupe, whose unrestrained live carnivals mix Eastern European musicality with righteous, sweat-soaked theatrics. The members’ frantic, hardcore-meets-Brechtian cabaret vivacity is only partly captured on their records; the remaining X factor resides in their unending stage dives. With the Descendents, Hot Water Music, Screaming Females and more. At 2 p.m., Williamsburg Park, Kent Avenue at North 12th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, osanb.org; $42.50. (Anderson)
Omar Souleyman (Friday) Dabke, a traditional strain of Middle Eastern folk-pop, meets its contemporary match in this pop-minded, hyperactive musician from Syria. A newfound staple of western rock festival circuits, thanks to whirlwind sets at Glastonbury and Bonnaroo, he collaborated cleverly with Björk on her recent “Biophilia” (One Little Indian/Nonesuch). With Janka Nabay the Bubu Gang and DJ Hutz. At 6 p.m., the Well, 272 Meserole Street, at Waterbury Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, (347) 338-3612, thewellbrooklyn.com; $15. (Anderson)
★ Amon Tobin (Thursday) The leading electronic experimentalist of Brazil presents “ISAM” (Ninja Tune), his mind-bending album of unorthodox vocal syntheses and deftly interwoven field recordings, with a shape-shifting 3-D art installation to match. It is a staggeringly surreal voyage. With Holy Other. At 8 p.m., Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour Street, Montclair, N.J., (877) 935-5668, wellmonttheatre.com; $30 in advance, $35 at the door. (Anderson)
The Vaccines (Monday and Tuesday) After wooing devotees of 1970s-style punk last year with their gruffly exhilarating debut, “What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?” (Columbia), these British upstarts fret about their inadequacies and puff up their guitar licks into stadium portions on the follow-up, “Come of Age” (Columbia). Some moments are striking — especially the purring lounge pace of “I Wish I Was a Girl” — but the group’s confusion with its new scope is palpable. Monday at 9 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (800) 745-3000, boweryballroom.com; sold out. Tuesday at 9 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, musichallofwilliamsburg.com; sold out. (Anderson)
Steve Vai (Tuesday) Last month this sonorous solo guitarist released his eighth studio album, “The Story of Light” (Favored Nations). When he’s not in the spotlight alone, he is a generous support man, as his work with David Lee Roth and Public Image Ltd has demonstrated. With Beverly McClellan. At 8 p.m., Best Buy Theater, 1515 Broadway, at 44th Street, (212) 930-1950, bestbuytheater.com; $39.50. (Anderson)
★ Patrick Watson (Friday) When their spectacular 2006 album, “Closer to Paradise” (Secret City), won the Polaris Music Prize in Canada, Patrick Watson and his eponymous band found themselves victors over the Arcade Fire and Feist. The chamber-pop specters returned with the uneven “Wooden Arms” (Secret City) in 2009, and best that with the keening, dissonant experimentations of the recent “Adventures in Your Own Backyard” (Secret City/Domino). With Great Lake Swimmers. Friday at 9 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (800) 745-3000, boweryballroom.com; $18 in advance, $20 day of show. (Anderson)
Why? (Thursday) A cabal of oft-prickly indie rockers, Why? displays subtly ingrained hip-hop undertones — as befits a band entrenched in the Anticon label collective of Oakland, Calif. They are gearing up to release a new EP and a new full-length. With Doseone and Serengeti. At 9 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, musichallofwilliamsburg.com; $18. (Anderson)
Yeasayer and Tanlines (Wednesday) Guitars get the boot, by and large, on the Brooklyn psychedelic-rock band Yeasayer’s latest album, “Fragrant World” (Secretly Canadian). It costs the band some of its expected edge but holds wisps of promising new paths. Tanlines is a Brooklyn pop duo of lilting tropicalia melodies, African percussion and tidy, club-ready synths. With Daedelus. At 6 p.m., Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street, (800) 745-3000, bowerypresents.com; $32 in advance, $35 day of show.
(Anderson)
