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Jake Bellows

After fronting Neva Dinova for more than 15 years, releasing five full-length albums and split an EP with Bright Eyes (“One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels”), and touring extensively, Jake Bellows moved from his hometown of Omaha, Neb., to Los Angeles with his girlfriend. Neva Dinova disbanded in 2008 without any announced reason — later Bellows said he moved to stop from “drinking himself] into a hole” as it was too easy to get by with little money in Omaha — and it wasn’t until last year that Bellows came out with debut solo album, “New Ocean,” that Saddle Creek describes as “left turns into drunk-in-the-sun bossa nova, blue-eyed-soul ruptured by fuzz guitar.” Get ready for some genuine music from a musician who truly wants to connect with his audience. We’re lucky he’s even making it to Kansas, [as his original touring car broke down in New Mexico.
10 p.m. Thursday at the Replay, 946 Massachusetts St., $3.

DJ Kimbarely Legal + DJ B-Stee

Local DJ Kimbarely Legal tells me this is one night you’re not going to miss because she’s teaming up with Kansas City’s talented DJ B-Stee. Originally from New Jersey and part of the Brick Bandits Crew, B-Stee has been catering to the dance floor for more then 10 years with mixes of hip-hop, house, reggae, dubstep, Baltimore club and moombahton. As a producer, his credits include tracks on Joe Budden’s Mood Muzik 3 and Padded Room albums with his team The Klasix, as well as multiple club remixes and original tracks that top DJs such as DJ Benzi, Busy P, Scottie B, and the late DJ AM, will include as staples in their sets.
10 p.m. Friday at the Replay, 946 Massachusetts St., $3.

Neon Trees [KANSAS CITY PICK]

A free show in Power and Light? No reason not to head on over. Neon Trees first gained exposure in 2008 when they toured with The Killers. In 2011, Rolling Stone’s website streamed the band’s new song “Everybody Talks,” and that single later became featured in an advertisement for the 2012 Buick Verano. Their third and latest studio album, “Pop Psychology,” was released in April of this year, which is what the Utah-based band is delivering on their current tour. More than anything else, the Mormon lead singer Tyler Glenn is getting the most attention recently for coming out as gay.
8 p.m. Friday, KC Live Block (14th Street and Grand, powerandlight.com), free (21 and up)

Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Touring in support of their third studio album “Phosphorescent Harvest,” Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s latest collection of music is being described as rootsy, soulful, yet spacey, all to form a new “kaleidoscope” sound. The blues rock band — Chris Robinson (lead vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Adam MacDougall (keys, vocals), George Sluppick (drums) and Mark Dutton (bass, vocals) — formed in 2011 by Black Crowes singer Robinson, putting his former band on indefinite hiatus, and trying what was at first an “experiment,” but became a serious band after booking an 118-show tour across North America later that year. Described by Robinson as a “farm-to-table psychedelic band,” the quintet is known to push the envelop with its genre-bending songwriting and tours of more than 200 shows a year.
8 p.m. Sunday at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., $15.

Deafheaven

San Francisco black metal band Deafheaven began as a two-piece with George Clarke and Kerry McCoy who recorded and self-released a demo album together, later finding three new members to join the outfit. Their latest album “Sunbather” was widely praised in 2013 when it was released, and is noted for being similar but superior to the band’s first album, “Roads to Judah.” It’s as if they found a way to produce the sounds dreamed up in their heads, Pitchfork said. Transitioning through the album from brightness to darkness, the progressive-rock hits show that these guys know their punk, metal and hardcore. Lead singer George Clarke describes the evolution as less melancholic and less centered around black metal and more about lush pop-rock melodies.
8 p.m. Tuesday at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., $15