DINOSAUR JR.
8:30 p.m. • Cabooze • 18-plus • $25
Dinosaur Jr. never really mellowed out, but there is a discernibly classic, shred-all vibe on the Boston trio's new album, "I Bet on Sky," the third effort since frontman J Mascis reunited with bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph. Shades of their scrappy debut "You're Living All Over Me" are all over the record, whose 25th anniversary the alt-rock vets will celebrate at New York's Terminal 5 at the end of this tour. Shearwater opens. CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
REGINA SPEKTOR
7:30 p.m. • State Theatre • $38.50-$48.50
Moscow-born, New York-based piano woman Regina Spektor is an eclectic musicmaker who embraces everything from classical to indie-pop, with some Russian music and art-pop sprinkled in. With a mix of intensity, deep chops and self-conscious quirkiness, she falls somewhere between Tori Amos and Nellie McKay. Spektor's sixth and latest album, "What We Saw From the Cheap Seats," features the timely (the satirical "Ballad of a Politician"), the artful ("Firewood"), the playful ("Don't Leave Me") and the dark ("All the Rowboats"). Opening is Only Son -- Spektor's husband, Jack Dishel. JON BREAM
OLD 97'S
7 p.m. • First Avenue • 18-plus • $22
Up there with "Anodyne," "Strangers Almanac" and "Hollywood Town Hall" as one of the best albums of the '90s alt-country boom, "Too Far to Care" by Dallas yahoos the Old 97's just got a deluxe 15th-anniversary reissue. The band will play the barnstorming collection in its entirety plus another set of tunes, and frontman Rhett Miller will turn in a solo set based on his latest album, "The Dreamer." North Texas music fixture Salim Nourallah also performs. C.R.
DAVID NAIL
9 p.m. • Mill City Nights • 18-plus • $20-$22
After playing opening slots for Lady Antebellum and Ronnie Dunn, highly touted David Nail will get his first Twin Cities headline opportunity. The native of Kennett, Mo. (same hometown as Sheryl Crow), has a distinctively soulful voice, as best heard on his hit "Let It Rain." J.B.
