Lizzo
"Worship me / on your knees," the Twin Cities' most in-demand music ambassador brazenly demands in the opening track of her dizzying, funky new six-song EP, "Coconut Oil." It's a flip way of her furthering her message of empowerment, but that line should also ring true as she returns home from her various TV endeavors — including co-hosting duties on MTV's "Wonderland" and a post-election appearance on "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" — for her first two-night headlining stand at the club she has ruled many times before. (9 p.m. Sat. & Sun., First Avenue, $20, sold out Sat., eTix.com.)
Kristin Hersh
Since forming the slow-burning, artfully explosive indie-rock band Throwing Muses with her stepsister Tanya Donelly at age 14, Hersh has gone through many transformative phases professionally and personally over three decades. She explores those crossroads in a powerful and intimate new CD/book combo, "Wyatt at the Coyote Palace," featuring 24 songs she recorded over a four-year period playing all the instruments herself. Her acoustic tour also includes readings and stories. (8 p.m. Fri., Cedar Cultural Center, all ages, $18-$20, thecedar.org.)
Chris Riemenschneider
