Thursday

Concerts

• The Independents 7 p.m. Peabody’s $8 adv, $10 dos

• Beach House, Papercuts, JJ Magazine 9 p.m. Grog Shop $7

• Robin Trower, Rick Ray 8 p.m. House of Blues $25-$39.50

• Passafire, Tropidelic 9:30 p.m. House of Blues $8-$10

Friday

In Theaters

• Run Fatboy Run (Picturehouse) starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria

• Stop Loss (Paramount) starring Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown

• Superhero Movie (Dimension) starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald

• 21 (Columbia) starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth

Saturday

Concerts

• The Independents 7 p.m. Peabody’s $8 adv, $10 dos

• Beach House, Papercuts, JJ Magazine 9 p.m. Grog Shop $7

• Robin Trower, Rick Ray 8 p.m. House of Blues $25-$39.50

• Passafire, Tropidelic 9:30 p.m. House of Blues $8-$10

Sunday

Concerts

• Ligion, Day of Fire, Thirty Seconds Out, Drop to Zero 8 p.m. Agora Ballroom $9

• Acid Mothers Temple, Danava 9 p.m. Grog Shop $10

• Shelby Lynne, David McMillin 8 p.m. Beachland Ballroom $26 adv, $28 dos

Monday

Concerts

• Why?, The Muttering Retreats, Lazy Susan 9 p.m. Beachland Ballroom Tavern $8

• Authority Zero, Whole Wheat Bread, Beat Unit, Civet 7 p.m. Peabody’s $10 adv, $12 dos

• Stars, Martin Royle 9 p.m. Beachland Ballroom $15

Tuesday

DVD releases

• Alvin and the Chipmunks (20th Century Fox) starring Jason Lee, David Cross, Justin Long

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Dreamworks) starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman

• “Becker”: The First Season (Paramount) starring Ted Danson, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

CD releases

• Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow (7 Brothers) – Sevendust

• Keep It Simple (Lost Highway) – Van Morrison

• Accelerate (Warner Bros.) – R.E.M.

Concerts

• The Promise Hero, Barely Blind, Shake It! 7 p.m. Grog Shop $7

• Grand Buffet, Sammy Slim 9 p.m. Beachland Ballroom Tavern $7

Wednesday

Concerts

• Devil Driver, Napalm Death, Walls of Jericho, 36 Crazy Fists, In Vitro 6:30 p.m. Peabody’s $18 adv, $22 dos

• Burkina Electric 9 p.m. Beachland Ballroom Tavern $10