Long time Buffalo deejays Dr. Wisz & Scotty, known collectively as déjà blü, return on Saturday (Sept. 1) for “Concrete Skyline,” a twilight appearance on the patio at the Pearl Street Grill. For 10 years déjà blü has served up a unique blend of nu-groove, reggae, funk, soul, old school hip-hop and international beats. déjà blü has earned opening slots for national acts like Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Karl Denson and Antibalas Afro Beat Orchestra in addition to playing numerous events within Buffalo’s arts community—most notably at the Albright-Knox’s Karim Rashid Members Event and at Spencer Tunick’s Buffalo Exposed opening at Central Terminal. “Concrete Skyline” is scheduled from 8pm-midnight and admission (and sunset) are free.

Exploring recent trends toward glacial, long-form improvisations, Teeth So Sharp marries heavy guitar rock and art sound sensibilities. Comprising members of Buffalo’s Novelist and Brookyln’s Asten, Teeth So Sharp is an all guitar trio that harnesses feedback and drone to create sustained beds of ambient noise. Joining them on stage at Soundlab this Saturday (Sept. 1) is Cages (Nola Ann, providing hymnal vocal gymnastics and field recordings, and David Bailey on guitar and electronics), with special guest Steve Backzkowski. Although initially fashioning what felt like fractured nursery rhymes exploding with haunted, over the top vocals, Cages is maturing into a magnificently abstract ambient unit in full command of its own sound. The addition of Baczkowski, whose furious baritone sax playing and found sound manipulation promises to broaden the group even further, renders this unsual collaboration an intriguing experiment in atmospheric chaos. Show starts at 9pm.

South Carolina’s Through the Eyes of the Dead has just wrapped up recording on the band’s sophomore full-length, titled Malice (Prosthetic Records), a follow up to 2005’s Bloodlust. The new material is both more mature and more aggressive, and the band is poised for world domination with a planned upcoming European tour. Before embarking on the journey to international fame and fortune, TTEOTD will spread through the States, coming to the Buffalo Icon on Wednesday (Sept. 5) for an all ages show. The five-man band is unanimous in a desire to remind audiences of the “golden days of death metal,” when bands like Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel ruled the genre, paving the way for TTEOD to reach its pinnacle. Doors open at 6pm and support comes from As Blood Runs Black, Beneath the Massacre and Ion Dissonance

Formerly of notorious garage surf punk outfit the Untamed Youth, Deke Dickerson is considered quite a legendary figure on the rockabilly scene. Mixing together old time country, rock and roll, doo-wop and rhythm and blues, Dickerson’s live show is a full history of American roots music. He is held in such esteem that the Reverend Horton Heat himself has called Dickerson “the best rockabilly guitar player in the whole world.” When not touring over 200 dates a year, Dickerson has contributed lead vocals to instrumental surf band Los Straitjackets as well as collaborating with those as diverse as punk icon Billy Zoom (of X and the Calvanes). A longtime favorite at Mohawk Place, Deke Dickerson performs there on Wednesday (Sept. 5th) at 8pm. Opening are Pete Worden and the Lower Town Trio.

Afro beat/death metal/jazz trio Eye Contact will perform at Hallwalls on Wednesday (Sept. 5). Last year saw the release of the group’s first studio recording, War Rug, forging new ground in the realm of free-jazz improvisation. Formed in New York City, Eye Contact’s disparate influences are personified by its members. Matt Lavelle (of William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra) plays trumpet, bass clarinet and cuica. Bassist Matthew Heyner is a founding member of the freak-improv group No-Neck Blues Band and has worked with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and the legendary collective TEST. Drummer Ryan Sawyer started out in the Texas punk scene as a founding member of At the Drive-In, and now plays in the rock trio Tall Firs and big band outfit Stars Like Fleas. This raw and unusual avant-garde show will start at 8pm.