It's an age-old problem that somehow persists even in the Google era: A group of musicians settles on a band name, plays many shows and records an album with that moniker, and just as the record is about to come out they find out (oops!) there's another band with rights to that name.

In the case of Field Trip — already renamed from the more teenage-y Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles a couple of years earlier — the dilemma came up so late in the game that copies of the quartet's album had been manufactured. Fortunately, there was an easy solution right in front of their faces.

Introducing: Little Fevers, which was supposed to be the title of Field Trip's album. You can thus probably guess the new title of the record being promoted by the band Friday at the Turf Club with Bones & Beeker and Matt Latterell (9 p.m., $10-$12).

Much of the album was recorded with producer Matt Boynton, who has engineered albums by MGMT and Kurt Vile. It's quite a sonic leap from the cute, ukulele-bred folk pop of the Velvet Lapelles era, replaced by reverb-heavy electric guitars and '90s dissonance, but with Michelle's sweet homespun voice still front and center. With bassist Eamon McClain now off the road with Trampled by Turtles (as their cellist), Little Fevers headed to New York to play the Mercury Lounge last weekend and will continue gigging regularly in coming months.

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If you don't recognize that name Bones & Beeker opening for Little Fevers, it's a new hip-hop-spiked soul/funk duo featuring Brother Ali's longtime DJ Brandon "BK-One" Kelly and Villa vocalist Anthony Newes. Their fun, '70s-groovy eponymous debut drops Nov. 13 on Wax Poetics Records. Their live lineup features Poliça bassist Chris Beirden and ex-Atmosphere guitarist Nate Collis. …

BK-One will also be part of the Rhymesayers 20 concert Dec. 4 at Target Center, details of which were announced this week with tickets (only $20) on sale Friday at 10 a.m. via axs.com. Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S., Musab, Aesop Rock, I Self Devine, Los Nativos and many more will also perform. … Rhymesayers' biggest release from a local act since last year's Atmosphere disc arrives Friday: Prof's "Liability," which was a full two years in the making. You'll know why when you hear it. …

Like their late '70s peers the Suburbs, the Flamin' Oh's have been steadily rolling along for the past decade after a decade-plus hiatus, and their new vinyl EP "Here and Now" certainly attests to their being a fully active band. Robert Wilkinson and his gang host a release party Saturday at Lee's Liquor Lounge with Little Man and the Groove (9 p.m., $10.) … Local Americana/folk vets Erik Brandt & the Urban Hillbilly Quartet will celebrate their 20th anniversary with past members Friday at the Underground Music Cafe (7 p.m., $5, 1579 N. Hamline Av., Falcon Heights). …

We don't have to wait until next year to hear Lizzo's highly anticipated second album. She just announced a Dec. 11 release date for "Big GRRRL, Small World," produced by Justin Vernon's studio ace BJ Burton, who's also the guy behind the new (hip-hop-inspired) Low record. Pitchfork premiered the first single, "Humanize." …

Mint Condition just dropped a new Christmas album — a first for the St. Paul R&B stalwarts — titled "Healing Season" and featuring original songs and traditionals. … More the veterans of the season, the New Standards also just announced their usual holiday run, including their guest-star-studded State Theatre gigs Dec. 4-5 plus shows in Lutsen (Nov. 27) and Rochester (Dec. 19).

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