LION SIZED
This lacerating post-punk band kicks off its West Coast tour tonight with help from Bad Weather California, the Still City and DJ Jason Heller. Pick up some T-shirts and posters to help fill their tanks as they head into pricier gasoline environs. 7 S. Broadway. 9 p.m. $6.
AMERICAN RELAY
This duo, Denver’s answer to the stripped-down blues-rock genre that includes the White Stripes and Black Keys, will release its moonshine-soaked new album, “Corn and Oil,” Saturday at Three Kings Tavern, with Arum Rae, Possessed by Paul James and Eric Matelski. 60 S. Broadway, 10 p.m., $5 cover. Read pop music critic Ricardo Baca’s Q&A with American Relay at
CEPHALIC CARNAGE
What’s more metal than a goat roast? Ask Cephalic Carnage on Saturday when they join Independent Records in celebrating the album “Xenosapien” as they fire-roast a horned beast in the parking lot at 937 E. Colfax Ave. from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. The band plays later at Cervantes, all ages, $15.
Staff writer John Wenzel can be reached at 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com.
