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Every Monday, the Showdown tells you who to see and where to see ‘em.
Monday: Producer, rapper, film score composer, movie star, chess master: RZA does it all. Check out alter ego Bobby Digital as he tours behind his new record, Digi Snax. Deesha Dyer reports it's a reintroduction to the Wu-Tang sounds of old and that's never a bad thing. With backing band/album collaborators Stone Mecca at the Troc, doors at 9 p.m., tickets are $25.
Not really in the mood for Bobby D? A "frisky quickie between a Cambodian pop chanteuse and California surf-rock boys" more your style? Never fear, Dengue Fever is here. With Chicha Libre, at Johnny Brenda's, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $10.
Tuesday: The Chapin Sisters drive Shaun Brady to attempt suicide but, like, in a good way. Plus, look at these credentials: you got daughters of Harry and Tom and the spawn of Wes Craven. With Margillian, Pepi Ginsberg and Hacienda, at the Green Line Cafe (45th & Locust), doors at 7 p.m., tickets are $7-10.
Wednesday: Boris — "ambience in these hands never equates to complacence." Need we say more? Some of the craziest shit you will ever see at a concert. We promise. At the First Unitarian Church, dorrs at 8 p.m., tickets are $13.
Thursday: Have you ever heard the Clash's "Rock the Casbah" sung in Arabic? Now you have. Need a little more of the Franco-Arab Dylanesque folk hero Rachid Taha? He plays the Kimmel Center, at 7:30 p.m., tickets are $20.
Friday: Time to bang your head on the punk rock with the now-legendary Circle Jerks, hardcore kids Dillinger 4, hometown heroes Paint It Black, the far-too-cute Matt & Kim, Tel Aviv-ians Monotonix and French Revolution enthusiasts Team Robespierre. Not to mention stand-up comics and art by Space 1026. Phew. At the Starlight Ballroom, doors at 6 p.m., tickets are $17.
Saturday: The folk princess and rock god join forces and make beautiful music together: Robert Plant and Alison Krause re-imagine roots with the help of fantastically moniker/all-around smart guy T Bone Burnett. At the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, doors at 8 p.m., tickets are $55-80.
Sunday: You've got four days to catch the XPoNential Fest — Thursday (don't miss Blind Boys of Alabama and Jim Boggia), Friday (ditto Alejandro Escovedo, the War on Drugs, plus I got to give it up for my high school classmates the Brakes), Saturday (check Dean and Britta and O'Death) and today. So why does Sunday get the pimp-age while all the others wallow in Showdown obscurity? 'Cause Shelby Lynne's got sass to spare, my friends, and what else could you ask for on your music-filled Sunday?
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