This Week's Recommended Concerts and Shows (March 7-13)

Lioness plays with Dawg Yawp and This Pine Box Friday at Woodward Theater. Photo: lionessdayton.com

WEDNESDAY 07

MOTR PUB – See You in the Funnies with Troy Petty. 9 p.m. AltRock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Queen City Silver Stars. 9 p.m. Soca/Calypso/Reggae/Samba/Pop/Various. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – Stuyeyed with Mardou, Dinge and Orchards. 9 p.m. Indie Rock.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Iron Chic’s technically a Pop Punk band, but it’d be doing the Long Island, NY quintet a disservice to box the group into a genre that evokes teenage romanticism and sloppily-played blast beats. While its scuzzy songcraft packs enough gruff melodicism and hooks to flesh out at least a pair of mid-’90s Fat Wreck Chords LPs, the band boldly goes beyond scene conventions. Its latest full-length release, You Can’t Stay Here, falls just shy of Shoegaze, lavishing reverb on distorted power chords that prop-up anthemic hooks. It’s like early Blink-182 with Japandroids’ impassioned delivery or Built To Spill with a streamlined sound that could’ve made mainstream waves at the turn of the millennium. (Read more.) With Propagandhi and La Armada. 8 p.m. Pop Punk/Rock/Alt/Various. $23.

THURSDAY 08

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – Obscene with Flesh Mother and Fenrir. 9 p.m. Death Metal/Various.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB – John Zappa, Brad Meyers & Phil Burkhead. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – William Matheny and Frontier Folk Nebraska. (Read more.) 9:30 p.m. Indie/Rock/Various. Free.

TAFT THEATRE – Miguel — recently seen performing Best Original Song winner “Remember Me” (from Coco) at the Oscars — makes it all look so easy. The 32-year old singer/songwriter has dropped four full-length albums since 2010, each a deft mix of electro-laced R&B, Rock and Funk — the type of genre crosspollination that made Prince a multi-hyphenate star of the highest order. While Miguel’s profile is not yet near that of his most obvious inspiration, his brand of sly, sensuous music is a respite from the tumult that dominates our current culture. (Read more.) 8 p.m. R&B/Soul/Pop. $32.50-$52.50.

WOODWARD THEATER – The first track on Edges Run, Mipso’s album slated for release in April, is called “Take Your Records Home,” and it chronicles the end of a love affair punctuated with the titular request, a plea to remove the music that now represents something lost and missed. It has the sweet, dusty ache of classic ’70s Folk Rock and the supernatural harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, but it also shimmers with the heartbreaking potential of what might have been if Gram Parsons had survived his demons and continued on his path with Emmylou Harris. And that’s just the first song. (Read more.) With Ben Sollee and Kentucky Native. 8 p.m. Indie/Americana/Various. $14, $16 day of show.

FRIDAY 09

THE COMET – Psychotic Reaction with Limp Wizurds, Cult of Sorrow and The Nothing. 10 p.m. Rock/Psych/Various. Free.

MOTR PUB – Automagik with Arlie. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

OCTAVE – Peridoni, Chachuba, DIZGO and Aytiko. 7 p.m. Electronic/Fusion/Trance/Jam/Various. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Hank Erwin & The SBG’s. 9:30 p.m. Americana. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – The Dollyrots with Vice Tricks. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock. $12.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Hackensaw Boys. 9 p.m. Roots. $12.TAFT’S ALE HOUSE – Bands & Brews: Benefiting Cincinnati Children’s featuring Robin Lacy, Joanie Lacy and Rick Leighton. 8 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various.

URBAN ARTIFACT – David Bowie Tribute presented by Radio Artifact featuring Starman and Suncruiser. 9 p.m. Bowie tribute. $10.

WOODWARD THEATER – Lioness is a 10-piece Dayton, Ohio musical group featuring members of some of the finest Gem City-area outfits the city has given the world over the past couple of decades, including Shesus, Me & Mountains and Ohio Casket. Formed by estimably talented singer/songwriter Nathan Peters — who was last seen fronting another one of those Dayton gems, Captain of Industry — Lioness’ gifted musicians (who play mandolin, strings, keys, guitar, bass and drums) give the songs their lush, organic textures, as do the layered vocals of the four harmony vocalists. Fans of Captain of Industry will remember Peters’ songs as being loaded with unbelievably memorable melodic hooks, something that continues with Lioness, though remarkably the songwriting is stepped up a few more notches. The sound is timeless Pop Rock wrapped in an orchestral Indie Folk package, an alluringly unique mixture of late ’60s/early ’70s Kinks and early Pulp, sprinkled with pinches of Damon Albarn’s candy melodies and Arcade Fire’s moody soundscapery. Last year, Lioness released its phenomenal debut, Time Killer, which you can (and really should) find at lionessdayton.bandcamp.com. It’s the kind of album that will haunt you throughout the day and have you reaching for the music player to revisit it as soon a humanly possible. The group should be impressive in a live setting, making Dawg Yawp’s hometown show this Friday with This Pine Box even more of a must-see/must-hear event. 9 p.m. Indie/Folk/Rock/Pop. $12, $14 day of show.

Lauren Eylise headlines a free show at MOTR Pub Saturday. Photo: facebook.com/laureneylise

SATURDAY 10

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Ben Knight and the Well Diggers. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.
THE GREENWICH – Kelly Richey. 8 p.m. Blues/Rock. $10.

MOTR PUB – Lauren Eylise. 10 p.m. Neo Soul/Various. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Pike 27 with Wake the Bear. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – Jack O’Shea (Bayside), Ethan Luck (Relient K), Jon Lewis (Dopamines) and Scarlett Street. 8:30 p.m. Rock.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Rob Lumbard, Ricky Nye and Nick Lloyd. 9:30 p.m. Blues. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Rock N Revival for a Cure with The Grove (read more here), Lemon Sky, 500 Miles to Memphis, See You in The Funnies, One Day Steady, Current Events, Brother Smith, Nick Jamerson (of Sundy Best), Jordan Wilson Trio, 90 Proof Twang, Saturn Batteries, Sundae Drives, Freak Mythology, Circle It, Room for Zero, Infinity Spree, Kaitlyn Peace, JamWave, Tag., The Company Stores, Toaster Bath, Rosewood Coast and more. 5 p.m. Rock/Various. $5.