Fans of bluesy original roots music should not miss the Eric Lindell Band, appearing as part of the ongoing “Big Easy in Buffalo” concert series at 8pm on Thursday (Oct. 4), at the Tralf Music Hall. Lindell, a transplant to New Orleans from Northern California, displays a knack for writing catchy tunes with great hooks and melodies. His latest release, Change in the Weather (Alligator), features support from Crescent City musical luminaries Ivan Neville and Stanton Moore—the steamroller funk drummer for Galactic. Tickets are $15 presale, $17 day of show, and proceeds from the series go to benefit instrument donations for Buffalo and Niagara Falls public schools through the Music is Art Foundation.

If you’ve ever wanted to be in a music video, you’ll have a chance tonight (Thursday, Oct. 4), at the Sportsmen’s Tavern when rocking soul diva Gretchen Schulz fronts the Morvells for a live video taping. A local treasure, Schulz is respected as much for her evocative voice, which can range from a breathy whisper to a bluesy wail, as for her selection of material that places her in a honky tonk one minute, a rock club the next and a jazz lounge after that. This video shoot will capture the popular band in one of their very favorite venues. Sure to be a sight and sound extravaganza, the show is free, starting at 9:30pm, when the director yells “Action!”

Power trio Super 400 comes to Nietzsche’s on Friday (Oct. 5), off a European tour and a couple of gigs in Colorado opening for Rose Hill Drive. The upstate New York band—Troy, NY, to be exact—consists of singer/guitarist Kenny Hohman, bassist Lori Friday and drummer Joe Daley, playing classic-style rock-n-roll on songs like “Blast the Message”—which is exactly what they do. Voted “Best Rock Band” by Metroland (“The Capitol Region’s Alternative Newsweekly) in a 2007 reader’s poll, Super 400 has already conquered their hometown and beyond. Winning over a hard rockin’ Buffalonian fan-base should be a cinch. The show starts at 10pm.

A vaudevillian-viking rock group by the name of Man Man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was recently chosen to open for Modest Mouse on their US tour. Now that the playfully costumed group has gotten more exposure, they’re heading out on their own. Led by honky-tonk keyboardist Honus Honus, Man Man is known for multi-instrumentation and an oddball flair, a quirky pop style that leads to comparisons with Captain Beefheart and makes them a perfect fit with bands like Modest Mouse and prior tour mates, the Fiery Furnaces. The 2006 release Six Demon Bag (Ace Fu) is a mix of deep thoughts and nonsense that’s somewhat mocking yet sweetly sincere. Ironic or not, these guys seem to be having such a good time, the audience can’t help but have one too. Doors open at the Tralf at 7pm on Sunday (Oct. 7). Showtime at 8pm.

Henry Rollins may be as well known for his vein-throbbing, screaming fits as he is for his actual routine, but the miracle of Rollins is that he actually has something important to say. His newest spoken word tour is entitled “Provoked: An Evening of Quintessentally American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling,” and is sure to draw as much attention as his previous outing, “25 Years of Bullshit.” In addition to his worldwide speaking engagements, Rollins is a staple on the punk-rock scene, having led the bands Black Flag and the Rollins Band. His credits include both film and television, with his own program on the Independent Film Channel, “The Henry Rollins Show.” While it is safe to say that Rollins’ style of in-your-face humor laced with notes of anarchy and activism is too tough for network TV, it hasn’t stopped him from gaining a reputation as a respectable—albeit hardcore—political pundit. While the front row may get an angry saliva shower, Rollins’ message will surely get heard. He’ll be at the Town Ballroom on Tuesday (Oct. 9), 8pm.—brad deck

Heirs to the legacy of industrial noise pioneered by groups like Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle, Wolf Eyes has emerged as arguably the most popular and artistically significant of the new noise wave. With Nate Young, John Olson and Hair Police’s Mike Connelly (previous incarnations of the group included Aaron Dilloway and Andrew W.K.—which might come as a surprise to fans of W.K.’s absurdist jock anthems), Wolf Eyes are said to have released over 150 recordings, mostly in limited run DIY formats like CD-R, lathes or cassette tapes. Their sound, which bludgeons traditional song-structure to an unrecognizable pulp, consists of swelling masses of sonic magma filled with cacophonous clatter and dark pools of dense abstraction. Raw, primitive and monolithically loud, the band still manages to mold sweeping, operatic ebbs and flows that build toward moments of glorious catharsis. Check them out with openers the Golden Dawn Trio at Soundlab next Thursday (Oct. 11), 9pm.