Legendary Motown group the Contours, featuring Sylvester Potts, will play with the BPO in their season finale Pops concert at 8pm on Friday and Saturday nights (June 8 & 9) at Kleinhans Music Hall. Featuring a program of Motown classics from the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and the Contours themselves, these performances promise to be an old fashioned feel-good time. Under the direction of resident conductor Robert Franz they’ll play hits including “My Girl,” “Get Ready,” “The Way You Do The Things You Do,” “Can’t Help Myself,” “Baby I Need Your Loving,” and “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” The Contours were intensely popular in their day and continue to be so 40 years later, having reclaimed a spot on the national charts with the re-release of “The Time of My Life,” long after the film Dirty Dancing made it popular to a new generation of audiences

Tom and Christina Carter are seemingly unrestrained by all boundaries, be they the kind that form loose musical genres or be they the kind that form accepted words in the English language. The Austin based husband-wife duo, called Charalambides (look it up), makes a stop at Soundlab this Saturday (June 9) for a 9pm show. To describe their magic let’s consult that bible of hip, Pitchfork: “...Here again [they] showcase their seemingly innate ability to lock into a shared orbit across the darkening sky, their luminous drift scaled down to its essential, irreducible core.” Who, we ask, can afford to miss something as ponderous, primal and je ne sais quoi as that? Charalambides is joined by hypno-drone trio GHQ.

Rochester native Terry Geiger will be performing in Buffalo on Sunday (June 10) before beginning his traipse to stardom with his first film appearance (with Rainn Wilson aka “Dwight” from the Office). A self-taught musician who began writing and arranging pieces at age eight, Geiger plays guitar, piano, bass and drums on his album Underage Thinking (Columbia). Sharing bills with the likes of Pete Yorn, Simple Plan, Fall Out Boy and the Click 5, Geiger uses his charm and catchy songs to carry his grassroots buzz into a roar of success. Only 17 years old, he writes his own lyrics and composes his music all while showcasing his talents on a multitude of instruments. Playing alongside Geiger is Kate Voegele, a singer-songwriter from Cleveland, OH who got her start at age 16 touring with John Mayer and Counting Crows. Show starts at 8pm at the Tralf Music Hall

Mary Timony is best known for her work in Boston’s Helium, a landmark noise pop band whose masterpiece The Dirt Of Luck was released by Matador in 1995. Once Helium dissolved Timony struck out on her own, retreating somewhat from the angular guitar noise she was known for and making way for quieter and more lyrically esoteric material. Yet on her brand new recording, The Shapes We Make (Kill Rock Stars), she embraces the noise many listeners thought she’d never fully return to. With contributions from members of acclaimed Dischord band Medications (who also tour in her band) as well as production from J Robbins (Jawbox/Burning Airlines) and Brendan Canty (Fugazi), The Shapes We Make is an abrasive pop record that will satisfy the many who consider Helium to be one of the best indie rock outfits of the last two decades. The Mary Timony Band performs at Mohawk Place on Tuesday (June 12) at 8pm. Opening is Fat Cat recording artist Welcome along with the Missing Planes.

Legendary New Orleans roots band the subdudes make a stop at the Tralf Music Hall next Thursday (June 14) at 9pm. The ‘dudes just completed a new CD titled Street Symphony which was recorded this spring in Nashville. The 20 year old band cooks up a bubbling mix of Cajun, blues, gospel, funk and R & B seasoned with soulful harmonies and spiced with the rhythmic snap of Steve Amedee’s tambourine. The show is part of the “Big Easy in Buffalo” series put on by the Niagara Erie Regional Coalition and Robbie Takac’s Music Is Art Foundation. The series is a true win-win-win situation, providing gigs to New Orleans musicians hard-hit after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita while generating money for local music education programs. The other “win” is that we get to hear some of the best acts New Orleans has to offer for the low admission price of $15.