Concert Calendar: Brian Wilson, Weezer, Panic at the Disco, Chris Isaak, Alabama Shakes, Kiss, Cage the Elephant and more

Brian Wilson
Even a passive Beach Boys fan will have a hard time denying the holiness of Pet Sounds. Wednesday at the Kauffman Center, you have a chance to hear that album live in its entirety, performed by Beach Boys founding member and iconic pop mastermind Brian Wilson (with the help of an all-star band that includes former Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin). Wilson is 74, and there is a sense of finality around this 50th-anniversary Pet Sounds tour, so don’t sleep on this show.
Wednesday, July 20
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway

Weezer, Panic at the Disco
If you miss the early aughts as much as you miss fashionable fedoras and Livestrong bracelets, boy, is there a show for you. Weezer is in town Wednesday in support of its latest self-titled release, which keeps reaching for the glory of the 2000s, and achieves it to a certain extent. Longtime fans will find a lot to love. Panic at the Disco joins this tour in support of Death of a Bachelor. Panic at the Disco is just founding member Brendon Urie these days, and this album sounds like his effort to age up the band’s sound without losing too much of what defines it — namely, his skill for theatrical power-pop. If you want to remember who you were 15 years ago, Wednesday night might be all you need. Show up early for opener Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness.
Wednesday, July 20
Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd.

Chris Isaak
There is no mistaking Chris Isaak’s voice: His echoing falsetto sloping down the chorus of his 1991 hit “Wicked Game,” and his booming, bottom-of-the-barrel tenor following the bass line on “Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing” are as distinctive as the particular sentiment of Americana those songs evoke. Isaak has taught us to expect such talents from him over the course of his four-decade career, and on his latest release, First Comes the Night, he delivers — albeit in a slightly different way. First Comes the Night still has licks of Isaak’s Roy Orbison–inspired vintage rockabilly, but it seems that the years (Isaak turned 60 in June) have given him a little more to be bitter about. “Down in Flames” and “The Way Things Really Are” are far more delicate and nuanced than mere angst. Wednesday night, let this crooner soothe your soul.
Wednesday, July 20
The Midland, 1228 Main

Thursday 7.14
TJ Martley Quartet
The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.

The Kirk Brown Band
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence

Jen Appel, Megan Birdsall,
Good Time Charley, Not Sisters
Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, 3402 Main

Natalie Bates Trio
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Grayson Capps & Corky Hughes
Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

Roomful of Blues with the Amanda Fish Band
Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

Action Beat, G.W. Sok, Opening Bell, Kool 100’s
MiniBar, 3810 Broadway

Lawrence Field Day Fest 5
Multiple venues, Lawrence

Step Rockets, Instant Karma, the UK’s
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Friday 7.15
Wild Men of KC
The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.

Royalphonic, Fire Dog
The Brick, 1727 McGee

Lawrence Field Day Fest 5
Multiple venues, Lawrence

Mountain Sprout
Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main

Tim Whitmer
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Wonderfuzz
Kelly’s, 500 Westport Rd.

Trampled Under Foot Reunion & Friends
Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

The Heavy Figs, Boot, Thunderclaps
MiniBar, 3810 Broadway

Lawrence Field Day Fest 5
Multiple venues, Lawrence

Virtual Riot, Guhmi, Strap Back, Altituned, Exackt
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Rooney
Tank Room, 1813 Grand

Saturday 7.16

Cage the Elephant
Buzz Beach Ball with Violent Femmes, Fitz and the Tantrums and more
Children’s Mercy Park, 1 Sporting Way, KCK

Ida McBeth
The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.

Lawrence Field Day Fest 5
Multiple venues, Lawrence

Gallows Bound, Whiskey Dick
Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main

OJT
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Old No. 5s
Kelly’s, 500 Westport Rd.

Jeff Black
Gospel Lounge, Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

Trampled Under Foot Reunion with
Brody Buster Band
Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

The Ghoulies, Drew Black and the Dirty
Electric, Go Generation, Ex-Acrobat
MiniBar, 3810 Broadway

KC Bass Workshop Showcase
RecordBar, 1520 Grand

Lawrence Field Day Fest 5
Multiple venues, Lawrence

Diz, Jason Kidd, Pat Nice
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Dubloadz
Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway

Sunday 7.17

Alabama Shakes
Buzz Beach Ball with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Glass Animals and more
Children’s Mercy Park, 1 Sporting Way, KCK

Carcass, Ghoul
Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence

Todd Strait Trio
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Mike Parkinson Quintet
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Kristie Stremel, Summer Osbourne
Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence

Freakabout, the Dear Misses
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Monday 7.18
Seth Lee
The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.

Ragland, Parentheses, Brother Spacebar, Betrayed by Fiction
Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main

Sequel Quartet
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

The Hit Television Show
MiniBar, 3810 Broadway

Falling, Arc Flash, Riala
MiniBar, 3810 Broadway

Adia Victoria
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Chevelle
Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway

Tuesday 7.19
Whitney, Michael Rault
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence

Sublime with Rome, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, Bleeker
Crossroads KC, 417 E. 18th St.

Future Thieves, My Oh My, Deco Auto,
Mime Game, Necromantics
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway

Wednesday 7.20

Kiss, Caleb Johnson
Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
19100 E. Valley View Pkwy., Independence

The Hip Abduction, the Groove Orient
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence

Joe Castillo, Sol Tribe
Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main

Aryana Nemati Trio
Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand

Cha Wa
Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester

The Ghost Wolves, the Philistines,
Wayward Sister
RecordBar,1520 Grand

Cherry Death, Warm Bodies, Arc Flash,
the Whiffs
Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence

Ghost Bath, Underling, He Whose Ox Is Gored, Aprilmist
Riot Room, 4048 Broadway