Twin Cities concerts the week of Sept. 9: Gillian Welch, Ted Leo, Avril Lavigne

It's another sonically expansive week around the Twin Cities with hip-hop (Lupe Fiasco), Americana (Gillian Welch and David Rawlings), indie rock (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists), pop-punk (Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan), experimental sounds (Six Organs of Admittance, Noise Party 9), and a whole lot more on tap.

Here are six shows worth hitting (and a whole lot more).

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Monday, Sept. 9, and Tuesday, Sept. 10 at The Fitzgerald Theater

While Rawlings' name hasn't been at the forefront of any albums until this year's Woodland, named after the duo's longtime Nashville studio, Welch and Rawlings have been collaborators for decades. That includes Welch's classic, Time (The Revelator).

The towering figures of Americana will have a two-night stand at St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater.

More concerts on Monday:

• Shaboozey at First Avenue

• September Mondays w/ Eli Awada at Icehouse

• Mumblin' Drew's Oldfangled Orchestrators at The White Squirrel Bar

• Brother Tiger with Plastik Boxes at 7th St. Entry

• Marcin Wasilewski Trio at Berlin

• Roe Family Singers at 331 Club (free)

More concerts on Tuesday:

• Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Guilty Ones with Dead Rock West at The Cedar Cultural Center (SOLD OUT)

• Epik High at First Avenue

• Gaby Moreno at the Dakota

• Lovehouse at 7th St. Entry

• Miranda Lambert Postcards From Texas Listening Party at Electric Fetus

Black Pumas w/ Ric Wilson

Wednesday, Sept. 11 at Surly Festival Field

The Austin-based duo were originally scheduled to head to Surly's Festival Field back in June, but the show had to be rescheduled. So, now's the time to see the Grammy-nominated group's sonically expansive performances that evoke kaleidoscopic sounds of the early '70s in a mix of jazz, funk, soul, and psychedelic rock.

Related: Surly announces first concert of 2025 Festival Field season

More concerts on Wednesday:

• Haley and Sarah Morris at the Dakota

• Wolf Eyes at Zhora Darling

• The Blues Brothers (1980) with pre-movie music by the Matt Herzog Band at The Parkway Theater

• bathtub cig release show with Trash Date, Robot Slide, and Nat Harvie at Turf Club

• Dead By April with Of Virtue at 7th St. Entry

• Mon Rovia with Tish Melton at the Fine Line

• Paul Bergen and Friends at The White Squirrel Bar

• Lonesome Dan Kase at 331 Club (free)

• The Icicles at Berlin (free)

Avril Lavigne with Simple Plan and Girlfriends

Thursday, Sept. 12 at The Armory

The Armory will be a nostalgia machine on Thursday as it welcomes the "Sk8er Boi" singer. Though, fans are probably aware that she hasn't been dormant since her debut album, Let Go, sold 16 million copies. Fellow pop-punk lifers Simple Plan (who also debuted in 2002) open, along with Girlfriends.

More shows on Thursday:

• Mat Kearney with Darren Kiely at the State Theatre

• The Record Company with Kiely Connell at the Fine Line

• Patty Griffin with Chris Koza at the Dakota

• Buena Vista Social Orchestra at Uptown Theater

• Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet feat. Stuart Bogie, Jonathan Goldberger, and Jon Shaw at Icehouse

• Hunny Bear with Detrell Melodies and the Soul Tribe, and Mike Cool at Can Can Wonderland

• Gold Minefield at Berlin

• Andy Shauf with Hayden Pedigo at the Parkway Theater

• OMB Peezy with FBL Manny and Lil Joc at 7th St. Entry

• Luke Callen at The White Squirrel Bar

• Lightbirds at 331 Club

• The Everett Smithson Band at Rice Park (free)

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Shake the Sheets 20th-Anniversary Tour

Friday, Sept. 13 at The Fine Line

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Shake the Sheets this week. The sardonic singer will play its pivotal album in its entirety. Guess we'll have to wait another six years until we get to hear The Brutalist Bricks in its entirety. Ganser and Tender Comrade open.

More concerts on Friday:

• The Cactus Blossoms with Humbird at The Fitzgerald Theater

• Magdalena Bay with Valgur at First Avenue

• Dale Hollow with Walker Rider and Lone Rock Bride at the Turf Club

• Obi Original & the Black Atlantics with Miloe at The Cabooze

• Patty Griffin with Chris Koza at the Dakota

• John Roseboro, Frances Chang, and Holiday at Cloudland Theater

• Rich Mattson & The Northstars, Cindy Lawson, 5Cent Reality, Matt Caflisch, and Thrown Out Bones at Palmer's Bar

• Jenni Ven?l?inen & Melkutus Party with Sara Pajunen at The Cedar Cultural Center

• Yuhh, Silent Halo, Count Spookula, and The Dirty Pretty at Can Can Wonderland

• Melissa Carper with Emmy Woods at 7th St. Entry

• Andy Shauf with Hayden Pedigo at the Parkway Theater

• Reventon: Reggaeton Party with Cristian Baca at Varsity Theater

• Marcus Rezak w/ Mark Joseph at Icehouse

• Sophia Shorai Quintet at BerlinDeep Fakes and Oliver Phibes at 331 Club

Moor Mother: The Great Bailout

Saturday, Sept. 14 at The Walker Art Center

The Walker Art Center's 2024-25 performing arts season kicks off with a poet and performer Moor Mother. They'll present the U.S. premiere of a new song cycle titled The Great Bailout, which "confronts colonialism, slavery, and commerce in Great Britain and their historical parallels in the United States."

Related: Walker Art Center unveils its 2024-25 performance season

More concerts on Saturday:

• Julian Lage at The Fitzgerald Theater

• Legacy Cup V feat. Lupe Fiasco, Dessa, and Luniz at Surly Festival Field

• An Evening with Goose at The Armory

• Polica, Your Smith, Gully Boys, and more at Square Lake Park in Stillwater

• An Evening with Phosphorescent at the Fine Line

• Crowded House at The Ledge Amphitheater

• Allen Stone with Cassandra Lewis at First Avenue

• Gable Price and Friends with Carver Commodore at the Turf Club

• Samara Joy at The Ordway Music Theater

• Goth Babe with Ritt Momney at Palace Theatre

• Federico Aubele at Icehouse

• Fionna Apple Tribute with Emmy Woods and more at The White Squirrel Bar

• DJ Dedicated Enemy, Jeff Truly, Rose Lake, Services, and RRA at Cloudland Theater

• The Dalmatian Club and The Doozers at 7th St. Entry

• Andrew Walesch Sings Tony Bennett feat. His Orchestra at the Dakota

• Ladama and Las Guaracheras at The Cedar Cultural Center

• Thumper and Crush Fund Cannabis Kiss at Pillar Forum

• Cozy Worldwide: Throwback and Current Hip-Hop and R&B Party at the Varsity Theater

• A Sunken Ship, Irony, and Ditch Pigeon at 331 Club

• The Early Planets at Berlin

• Gimmie the Night 2024! A Night of Yacht Rock at Palmer's Bar

Six Organs of Admittance

Sunday, Sept. 15 at The Turf Club

Ben Chasny and co.'s latest album, Time Is Glass, proved that they're still as knotty and enrapturing as they have been for nearly a quarter century. The album builds intricate and sometimes confounding webs of finger-picked guitars, gentle vocals, and brash, unearthly sounds. The Quaking Bogge and Paul Metzger open.

More concerts on Sunday:

• Ivan Cornejo at The Armory

• Royel Otis with Friko at First Avenue

• Noise Party 9: A Sharpened Whisper, Dealdrugger, Kiisu, Mary Hanson Scott, Moth Obsidian, and O-buh at Icehouse

• The Havana String Quartet at Cloudland Theater

• Oleta Adams Farewell Tour at the Dakota

• Rose City Band with El Khat at the Cedar Cultural Center

• Friko in-store performance and signing at Electric Fetus

• Andrew Broder and PEOPLE feat. FPA and Justis Brokenrope at Berlin

• The Sheepdogs with Shane Guerrette at the Fine Line

• Twin Cities Flamenco Collective w/ Pepele Méndez, La Rhina, and Elena La Aceituna at Icehouse

• Davina and the Vagabonds at The Hewing Hotel's Rooftop

• Malibu Library at The White Squirrel Bar

• Time Room, Muun Bato, Mullet, and Internet Dating at 7th St. Entry

• The Weeping Covenant "Long Haul" single release with Nikki Lemire and The Twins of Franklin at The Green Room

• Switchyard at 331 Club (free)

• Church of Cornbread w/ Cornbread Harris at Palmer's Bar (free)

• Anita Velveeta, Slut Intent, Doll Chaser, Jenny Matrix, and more at Seward Cafe

Related: The Cabooze reopens under new ownership, plans 50th-anniversary celebration

Just announced this week:

• Oct. 8: Julio Torres at Amsterdam Bar and Hall

• Oct. 12: Corn Fest with Nur-D and Lazy Scorsese at Centro (Northeast location, free)

• Oct. 19: Tech N9NE at the Palace Theatre

• Oct. 25: Skalloween w/ Space Monkey Mafia, Meskales, Runaway Ricochet, The Prizefighters, and Lost Island Society at the Turf Club

• Nov. 2: Run Westy Run with Faith Boblett at the Turf Club

• Nov. 9: Off With Their Heads and Mary Jam at Cloudland Theater

• Nov. 12: 12 Rods at Cloudland Theater

• Nov. 21: Tall Heights at the Turf Club

• Nov. 22: Not Quite Brothers at the Turf Club

• Nov. 22: Justin Willman at The Fitzgerald Theater

• Dec. 12: Arin Ray at the Fine Line

• Dec. 16: Josh Ritter at The Fitzgerald Theater

• Jan. 25, 2025: The Vaccines at the Fine Line

• April 18, 2025: Dawes at First Avenue

• May 4, 2025: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Armory

• May 31, 2025: Hippo Campus w/ Hotline TNT at Surly Festival Field