Reader- recommended and notable concerts

FRIDAY21

Deerhunter, Aldous Harding, Jock Gang 9 PM, Metro Failure 9 PM, Double Door

SATURDAY22

The Flat Five The Flat Five have been around for nearly a decade, but it’s only in recent years that they’ve moved from playing annual gigs to making quarterly appearances, and these days they’re also doing residencies more frequently. Singers Nora O’Connor and Kelly Hogan harmonize with dreamy precision, covering a broad stylistic range with ease, while the top- notch band— drummer Alex Hall, bassist Casey McDonough, and guitarist- keyboardist Scott Ligon— forge a dazzling hybrid of vintage- pop verities. Their performances have always revolved around carefully curated covers spanning pop- music history, but for their long- promised debut album, It’s a World of Love and Hope ( Angiedisc/ Bloodshot), the group turned to the brilliantly twisted, criminally overlooked repertoire of songwriter Chris Ligon, Scott’s brother. Chris has recorded his own material in fits and starts over the years, but it’s most often been in lo- fi one- man- band mode, so it’s stunning to hear the Flat Five give his gorgeous, deeply infectious melodies a Technicolor finish and the treatment they otherwise deserve. There’s a Beach Boys- style glow on “Florida,” an onomatopoeic prerock giddiness to “Buglight” ( Chris’s original version displays a kind of post-Beefheart rudeness), and a Mamas & Papas-meets- loungejazz lilt to “You’re Still Joe.” — PETER MARGASAK Chris Ligon opens. 8 PM, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, sold out.

Racetraitor, Earthmover, Lifes, Young & Dead, Through N Through 8: 30 PM, Cobra Lounge Yoshi Wada & Tashi Wada 8 PM, Graham Foundation

SUNDAY23

Anthony Holmes, Judah Michael & Brad Teoman, Dina Marie, Room 52, Breaking Ice 5 PM, Wire Phil Vassar Also 10/ 24, 8 PM, City Winery

MONDAY24

Hinds, Cold Fronts 8: 30 PM, Thalia Hall Wild Pink, Sonny Falls, Harvey Dentures, Old Joy 7: 30 PM, Subterranean

TUESDAY25

Smith Street Band, Typesetter, Gunshy, Rapids 7 PM, Beat Kitchen Wedding Photography, Lander 9 PM, Schubas

WEDNESDAY26

Claudia Quintet 8: 30 PM, Constellation Itasca, Moon Bros., Lawrence Peters Outfit 9 PM, Empty Bottle Satan, Cauldron, Satan’s Hallow, Beast Warrior 7 PM, Reggie’s Rock Club

THURSDAY27

Insane Clown Posse 7 PM, Durty Nellie’s White Lung 9 PM, Empty Bottle