DEERHOOF
8 p.m. • Mill City Nights • 18-plus • $15
Like the relationship status of a Facebook douche, an ambiguous "it's complicated" tag seems appropriate for a band as experimental as Deerhoof. But for its latest batch of pop-tinged peculiarities, the San Francisco quartet is going with "Cuban-flavored party-noise-energy music" (yeah, that works, too). The seasoned noisists' 11th LP, "Breakup Song," brims with angular spasms, out-there serenades and an overarching airy discordance, strung together by singer/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki's mousy coo. Brooklyn duo Buke and Gase, named for their hybrid instruments, opens. MICHAEL RIETMULDER
Ani DiFranco
8 p.m. • First Avenue • 18-plus • $36.50
With theaters and folk venues as her main haunts nowadays, indie heroine Ani DiFranco makes a welcome return to First Ave, a ghost of rock tours past. Maybe the fabled stage will push her into telling us what it was like working with Prince. The folk-music torch carrier enlisted Pete Seeger to help out on her latest album, "¿Which Side Are You On?," which also incorporates the funky sounds and stellar musicians of her recently adopted hometown of New Orleans. New York acoustic trio Pearl and the Beard opens. CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
