Plus Julian Marley By Wade Tatangelo.THURSDAY, APRIL 10 TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET w/THE COPYRIGHTS/ELYSIUM/BIG CITY BOMBERS/THE LONG JOHNS Laramie, Wyoming, quartet Teenage Bottlerocket are unabashed Ramones fans who excel at recreating the pop-informed punk sounds of Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee that transformed the music world in the mid-1970s. Not sure, though, if the Ramones ever took the
Dave Barnes and opener Andy Davis play the House of Blues Cambridge Room at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Tickets: $10. Jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani comes to Nighttown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12. Tickets: $20.
Rapper Bow Wow performs at Concrete Street Amphitheater on Saturday. Tickets from Z95s March 16 Sand Jamz show will be honored, and tickets will be available the day of the show.
PAUL THORN: Thorn's brand of the blues draws from all arenas under the Americana banner, blending soul, gospel, country and rock on this year's "A Long Way from Tupelo" (Thirty Tigers). It's the kind of stuff that translates well live: straightforward songs with universal stories. When: 7 p.m. Where: Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Price: $16 Info: 740-1000, rialtotheatre.com
DJ Assault, otherwise known as "the Godfather of Ghettotech," comes to the B-Side Lounge at 10 p.m. Friday, May 2. Mike Filly opens. Tickets: $10. Type O Negative headlines the Jagermeister Music Tour with Kingdom of Sorrow and Soil opening at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at the House of Blues.