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The Zeros (with The Jerk Officers, French Girls)

The Nile Theater 105 W. Main St., Mesa, AZ, United States

Classic Southern California punk outfit The Zeros re-re-unites, this time apparently without founding member Robert Lopez, a.k.a. "El Vez" the world's preeminent Mexican Elvis impersonator. Opening acts the Jerk Officers, as the aesthetics of their name suggest, espouse a back-to-basics hardcore punk philosophy; French Girls also tread familiar territory, though perhaps not as a principled stance.

$12
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The Buttertones (with Israel’s Arcade)

Walter Studios 747 W. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Lead singer Richard Araiza's theatrical baritone and a healthy helping of bongos define the sound of Los Angeles indie surf-punk band The Buttertones, a staple of the Echo Park hipster scene. Israel's Arcade explores a similar sound, blending post-punk instrumentals with Strokes-like indie sleaze vocals.

$27

Warren G

The Marquee Theatre 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ, United States

I'm tweaking into a whole new era; G-funk, step to this, I dare ya. Funk on a whole new level—the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble.

$40

Kool Keith (with MC Homeless)

The Rebel Lounge 2303 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Genuinely one of the most innovative stylists in hip-hop history, Ultramagnetic MCs alumnus Kool Keith secured rap immortality with his seminal 1996 release Dr. Octagonecologyst, a concept album written from the perspective of his alter ego Dr. Octagon, an evil gynecologist from the planet Jupiter.

$25.82
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Soccer Mommy (with Hana Vu)

The Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St., Tucson, AZ, United States

Sophia Allison, alias Soccer Mommy, emerged as one of a crop of indie-rock revivalist girls in the late teens, but quickly distinguished herself with her clever, ironic lyrics; her catchy pop harmonies; and her louche, modishly-depressive perspective. Also writes a hell of a bass riff. Hana Vu shares Allison's bedroom-indie aesthetic, mining the crunchy, distorted guitar sounds of 90s indie alternative bands and filtering them through a skein of teenage-girl journal pages.

$30.00

Melrose Street Fair

Melrose District N. 7th Ave. and W. Glenrosa Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

It's a street fair! It's free! You can buy tchotchkes and go to the local bars! Depending on your tolerance for people in leather dog masks, it's kid friendly! It's for charity (probably?)!

Free
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Magic City Hippies (with Mustard Service)

The Van Buren 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Shaggy Miami alt-funk collective Magic City Hippies merge the sensibilities of funk and indie rock, with a soupcon of smooth R&B, acid jazz, hip-hop lyricism, and the sample-driven eclecticism of early Beck. Intentionally genre-bending, the band in many ways resembles the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but much less irritating; and, above all, is just trying to groove.

$35.25
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M3F Fest (featuring LCD Soundsystem, Justice)

Steele Indian School Park 300 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ, United States

LCD Soundsystem and Justice headline the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, with supporting acts including Alvvays, Slow Pulp, Confidence Man, Summer Salt, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

$175

Playboy Manbaby (with Dune Rats, Boy Wonder)

Crescent Ballroom 308 N. 2nd Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Phoenix band Playboy Manbaby headline this indie punk roundup with their chaotic, absurdist garage rock, wearing satirical punk influences like The Dead Kennedys on their sleeves. Fellow ironists Dune Rats and Boy Wonder open the show.

$22

Femmes of PHX (with sarah june., Big Bug, Right Rosemary, Maeby)

The Rebel Lounge 2303 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ, United States

The Rebel Lounge hosts this roundup of local female-fronted bands. sarah june. headlines with soft, introspective acoustic pop that evokes modern sadgirls like Phoebe Bridgers. Incongruously, Maeby appears to perform some kind of electroclash technopop. Many of these other bands don't even have an Internet presence! So underground!

$16.13

Wand

The Rebel Lounge 2303 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ, United States
$18.00