Pretty Boy Thorson and Friends, the God Damn Doo Wop Band, the Right Here, the Hilltop Pines @ Cloudland—The God Damn Doo Wop Band “burst onto the scene with such vigor in 2005 that they placed third in City Pages' Picked to Click poll and were invited to tape a session for the Current's then-new Local Show, all without so much as a single to their name,” Andrea Swensson wrote for the Current in 2013. But that 2013 story coincided with the band’s last show; it’s been over a decade since TGDDWB bowed out, “without much fanfare,” with one last show at the Hexagon Bar. (Man, RIP the Hex.) However! You can catch the punk rock doo wop band playing its first show in ages tonight.—Em Cassel

Mia Dorr and Jesse Mueller @ Crooners

Jack Schabert Jazz Orchestra @ Crooners

Arne Fogel @ Crooners

Ladies of Soul Vol. 2 @ Dakota

Outlaw Saint, Next Chapter, Renegade Escape @ Driftwood Char Bar

Irish Music Session @ Dubliner Pub

Lojo Russo and Friends @ Dubliner Pub

Dijon @ Fillmore—If you’re worried about the falling birthrate in the U.S., don’t blame Dijon Duenas. The arty R&B collagist didn’t call his latest album Baby as just a term of endearment: The title track is addressed to the infant he and his wife had so much fun making. When he follows that with “Another Baby” (“we need to expand the collection”), you’ve gotta wonder if the fella knows about birth control. Dijon is coming off a year where he worked with both Justins (Bieber and Vernon) and throughout Baby you can hear him commune with the horny weirdos who came before—there are Prince echoes of course, but I hear more of the pop-funk of Scritti Politti. True, his wordplay’s not quite worthy of Scritti’s Green Gartside, though Dijon’s lyrics are cute enough that I wish he’d nudge the vocals up in the mix, especially since that would inspire him to write even cuter lyrics.—Keith Harris

Ghost-Note, L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE @ Fine Line

Emo Nite @ First Avenue

The Jayhawks, Robyn Hitchcock @ Fitzgerald Theater

Colin Bracewell @ Gambit Brewing

Dj Faaji x Dj Lakeoo @ Gidi

Melanie Mergen @ Ginkgo Coffee

Reventon @ Green Room

Trailer Trash @ Hook and Ladder

Soup of the Spirit Presents: Fundraiser Fridays @ Hook and Ladder

Sarah Morris & the Sometimes Elves @ Icehouse

Henry Dickhoff: B3 Organ Trio @ Jazz Central

Virgina’s Basement, Fragged Out, Maelstrom In The Harbor, WingBeaver @ Klash Coffee

DJ Shannon Blowtorch @ Lush

Tyte Phitt @ Mainstreet Bar and Grill

Bluetopians @ Memory Lanes

Chroma @ Metronome Brewery

GB Leighton @ Minnesota Music Cafe

The Ostrom Brothers Band @ Mystic Lake

Rain: A Beatles Christmas Tribute @ Mystic Lake

Good for Gary @ Mystic Lake

Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert @ Orchestra Hall

SPCO: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos @ Ordway

Cellar Dwellers @ Padraig’s

The Blenders @ Pantages Theatre

Annie & the Caldwells @ Parkway

Anita Velveeta, fallingwithscissors, I Owe This Land a Body @ Pilllar Forum

Everett Smithson @ Schooner Tavern

Sorry, Avice Caro @ 7th St Entry

Getter @ Skyway Theatre

J. Streitz and the Long Odds, Boots and Needles, Union Suits @ Terminal Bar

Sis & Bro Holiday Show (Billy & Angie) @ 318 Cafe

Night Audit, Toilet Rats, Specters of Desire @ 331 Club

40 Oz to Freedom (Sublime Tribute), Lost Island Society @ Turf Club

Wish Wash, Peony Park, Bev, the Dirty Pretty @ Underground Music

Earl Sweatshirt @ Uptown Theater—A grand old man of the hip-hop underground at the wizened age of 31, Earl raps like a motherfucker without expending any more effort than a track calls for. His latest, the modestly brilliant Live Laugh Love, serves up 11 cuts in 24 minutes, and it’s largely a collab with producer Theravada, who sweetens his woozy, clattery beats with just enough soul samples. Earl remains articulate without articulating, his cadence between a growl and a yawn, and like his old buddy Tyler, the Creator, he’s come a long way from his Odd Future days. Unlike the restless persona-shedder Tyler, however, Earl seems pretty content right where he is.—Keith Harris

Parisota @ Volstead’s

The Adam Brandt Band, the Midnight Purchase @ White Squirrel

Mossformations, Andy Hound, Dive Bomb Orchestra @ White Squirrel

Goon Tribune, Bakarii, Brandyn Lee Tulloch and Poetic Roots @ Zhora Darling

Saturday, December 13

SugarBush, Weald, Freak When Sees @ Acadia

Golden Garters @ Amsterdam

Art Dept. @ Animales BBQ

Adam & Ava Levy @ Animales BBQ

Sara Graves @ Art House North

Steven C Trio @ Aster Cafe

Honeymoon Madness, Quinlan Miller @ Aster Cafe

Christmas Sing @ Barely Brothers

Kenya Tanzania Independence Celebration @ Bazemnt

Henry Dickhoff Trio @ Berlin

Urban Forum feat. Lasse Corson @ Berlin

Tarik Thornton @ Berlin

DJ YS, the Whiskies @ Boardwalk

Chase & Ovation @ Bunker’s

Youth Winter Bash @ Cabooze

Christmas With Cantus @ Capri Theater

Jason Fladager & Jim Hinkley @ Carbone’s

Lake Davi, Spaceport, Second Spring @ Cedar Cultural Center

The Slow Death, the Straight A’s, Mikey Erg! @ Cloudland

Dorothy Doring and Rick Carlson @ Crooners

Erin and Jay Cabaret @ Crooners

Hot Club Mania Quartet @ Crooners

Orianthi @ Dakota

Northstar Original Revue Presents: NOR Holiday Party @ Day Block Brewing

The Comebacks, Mid-Seral, the Dandals @ Driftwood Char Bar

Mac and Cheese @ Dubliner Pub

High Tiny Hairs (Album Release), Mad Mojo Jett, DJ Megan O @ Dusty’s

Cindy Lawson @ Eagles 34

Nate Smith @ Fine Line

The Big Wu, Kiss the Tiger @ First Avenue

The Jayhawks, Robyn Hitchcock @ Fitzgerald Theater

By All Means, Identity Crises, Swing Youth, Rewind @ Flying V

Colin Bracewell @ Gambit Brewing

Dj Ola x Dj Enl @ Gidi

Ellis Delaney @ Ginkgo Coffee

GRRRL SCOUT: That’s a Wrap @ Green Room—After over a decade throwing some of the funnest queer parties in town, Grrrl Scout announced back in October that the series was coming to an end. "What was intended to be a short term, pop-up event, extended for 13 incredible years,” organizers wrote in an Instagram post. “We are constantly in awe of this community and feel so lucky to have created a space that resonated with you for so long." Tonight is the last dance, where you can send it off with lots of queer joy. Presale options are already sold out, but there will be tickets at the door while they last. And fear not! Grrrl Scout is not completely disappearing; its 30+ dance night Mature Content will continue into 2026, and organizers hint at the possibility for "new offerings on the horizon."—Jessica Armbruster

Trailer Trash @ Hook and Ladder

Ben Glaros @ Icehouse

Masa Ishikawa Trio @ Jazz Central

Body, And The Canary Fell, Paralyzer @ Klash Coffee

Smith with Ozztin @ The Loft

Flywheel @ Mainstreet Bar and Grill

Overdressed Duo @ Metronome Brewery

The Good the Bad and the Funky @ Minnesota Music Cafe

Hairball @ Mystic Lake

DJ Diesel @ Mystic Lake

Rebel Queens @ Mystic Lake

DJ Diesel (aka Shaq) @ Myth Live

Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert @ Orchestra Hall

SPCO: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos @ Ordway

Dan Israel @ Padraig’s

The Blenders @ Pantages Theatre

Bluedog @ Schooner Tavern

Ekoh with Arankai @ 7th St Entry

Queen Jeanne, the Crimson Boys, the Del Viles @ Terminal Bar

Toussaint Morrison @ 331 Club

Voltage Controller @ 331 Club

The Format with Dan Boeckner @ Turf Club

Benny Everett and the Best Intentions with Sallyforth @ Turf Club

Velvet Ghoul, Rat Fight, Fiona Hayes, PSA @ Underground Music

Malamanya @ Uptown VFW

Gully Boys @ Varsity Theater—Gully Boys have been such an integral part of local music for the past seven or so years that you might be surprised to hear that Gully Boys, released in October, is their debut full-length album. I sure was—has their 2019 debut, Not So Brave, been memory-holed? But hey, I’m willing to play along, if only because the sound on Gully Boys is so fully realized it’s like meeting the band for the first time. There’s never been much that’s punky about Gully Boys, unless you call any hard rock that moves and doesn’t put on airs “punk,” but their guitar attack was thickened since the addition of guitarist Marah Mercedes made ’em a quartet. And the range of songwriting has grown as well: They taunt a disrespectful bro on “Mother,” ask the safe and propertied “You wanna watch the city burn?” on “Murderapolis,” and as for “Big Boobs”—well, I’ll give you two guesses what that’s about.—Keith Harris

JC Sanford @ Volstead’s

The Long Honeymoon, Fever Pitch, Brian Just Band @ White Squirrel

Nolan Mancl-Saxon & Set Piece @ White Squirrel

Matthew Thomas & Wounded Wing, Steady Range, Nathan Walker @ White Squirrel

Diet Lite, Lighter Co., Lasalle @ Zhora Darling