KMFDM

KMFDM

Tired? Bored? Indifferently drifting through life caring as much about “America’s Next Top Model” as the jihad boiling up all around you? Then stay home. Do anything but subject yourself to the socio-political disgust and vitriol spewed forth by the never-say-die German industrial band KMFDM (translation: “No Pity for the Majority”). Now entering its third decade of smearing governments and rattling crowds with brutal synth beats and searing guitar riffs, the band’s new album, “Hau Ruck” offers few excuses to stay home. KMFDM joins Acumen Nation and God Project 8 p.m. Saturday at The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Chicago Afrobeat Project

This touring outfit composed of eight members performs in the style of the late Fela Kuti, the great Nigerian inventor of afrobeat: the fusion of West African rhythms and melodies with American funk such as James Brown and Parliament/Funkadelic. CAbP performs classic Kuti covers as well as a vast repertoire of originals that mix rock, jazz, soco and juju music with traditional afrobeat. Chicago Afrobeat Project performs at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Amy Ray

Amy Ray

Amy Ray of Indigo Girls indulges her inner Joan Jett on her unabashedly rock ‘n’ roll solo album “Prom.” Ray’s muse is high school and all of its awkward characters, and she proves a capably amusing narrator on the 10-song disc of punky roots-rock. Indigo Girls fans may be surprised by the raw, lo-fi vibe of “Prom,” but that’s exactly what makes it Ray’s best most interesting work in years. Amy Ray and the Volunteers join Capital B at 8 p.m. Sunday at The Bottleneck 737 N.H.

‘Dangerous Curves II’

“The arts have the potential to help us heal in a variety of ways,” says Candi Baker, a breast cancer survivor and director of dance at the Lawrence Arts Center. She’s one-third of a trio of women who have created “Dangerous Curves II” – a performance of poetry by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, music by Kelley Hunt and choreography by Baker (performed by 940 Dance Company) – which chronicles the journey through breast cancer. The show is part of a larger program, “Healing Through the Arts: Surviving and Thriving,” that also features an art exhibition and community workshops throughout October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “Dangerous Curves” takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. today at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Nikki Lee’s ‘Parts’

Nikki Lee's 'Parts'

In her acclaimed “Projects” series, New York-based, Korean-born artist Nikki S. Lee documented through snapshots her transformed appearance (sometimes drastic) and assimilation into various subcultures and social and ethnic groups. “Parts,” Lee’s most recent series, continues her fascination with identity but focuses on how it is understood through the male/female relationship. With Lee’s male companions left mostly outside the frame, her images suggest truncated relationships that remain unexplained. “Parts” opens with a reception from

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today and remains on view through Dec. 11 at the

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.