Editors crib from the spectrum of soaring, too-cool guitar rock, from Interpol and Coldplay to forebears Joy Division and Radiohead. They barely rearrange the pieces but manage to craft appropriately chiming, melodic tunes. Tonight with Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV, Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. 8 p.m. $20.
Jason Isbell will enter his second year as a solo artist, having left respected roots-rock act Drive By Truckers in 2006. He plays Monday at Boulder’s Fox Theatre with Will Hoge, $15, 8:30 p.m.
MGMT, pronounced “management,” hails with hype from Brooklyn. See if the band can translate its smart-alecky, dance-oriented studio concoctions at the Hi-Dive on Monday, with Yeasayer and the Tanukis, 7 S. Broadway. 7 p.m. $6.
DJ Shadow may never outdo his brilliant 1996 platter, “Endtroducing,” but that’s fine as long as he continues working with scratch masters like Cut Chemist and Kid Koala. Both join him at the Ogden on Thursday. 9 p.m. $32.50.
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
