ha ha tonka

10 P.M. WEDNESDAY. RECORDBAR.

Ha Ha Tonka was just another promising bar band from Springfield at the advent of 2011. A year later the band has become not just a regional powerhouse but a legitimate threat to usurp roots-rock superstars like Kings of Leon. The excellent new album “Death of a Decade” showcases Ha Ha Tonka’s significantly enhanced sense of song craft. More than merely catchy, selections like “Usual Suspects” and “Problem Solver” seem like instant classics. Wednesday’s opening acts include the grand pop of California’s Tommy and the High Pilots and the jangle-folk of Kansas City band Honest Cowboy.

Tickets are $12 in advance.

thee oh sees

9:30 P.M. FRIDAY. GRANADA.

The epitome of an indie rock cult band, Thee Oh Sees is a hopelessly esoteric act with a deliberately cloistered aesthetic. Its off-kilter approach doesn’t make the band any less important to its small set of avid devotees. Outsiders may think that Thee Oh Sees’ albums sound like warped White Stripes records played at the wrong speed, but the California band’s true believers embrace its obscure sensibility. An enigmatic Australian act and two gloriously dingy Lawrence garage rock bands open the show. Aussie band Total Control incorporates synths into its psychedelic garage sound. The Spook Lights feature a vocalist who goes by the name Scary Manilow. The Mouthbreathers recently released an improbably loud single titled “Anxiety.”

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

making movies

10:15 P.M. SATURDAY. RECORDBAR.

The members of Kansas City’s favorite Latin-rock band have spent much of the last few months making new fans as they’ve toured the United States. An impressive list of their friends in Kansas City will join them at a highly anticipated homecoming concert. Mark Lowrey, Hermon Mehari, Les Izmore and members of Andean Express, Maps for Travelers and The Good Foot will help the band celebrate its promising future. Long one of Kansas City’s best rock acts, Making Movies is poised to attract the attention of the rest of the world.

Tickets are $10 in advance.

peter murphy

7:30 P.M. SUNDAY. BEAUMONT CLUB.

Peter Murphy has been giving people the creeps since the ‘70s. As the front man of Bauhaus, one of the greatest goth acts in the history of rock, Murphy crooned underground classics like “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” Murphy continues to dish out the heebie-jeebies decades into his impressive career. His new single, “I Spit Roses,” is exquisitely bleak. Its detractors have dismissed opening act She Wants Revenge as a highly accomplished Joy Division cover band. Yet gloomy dance hits like “Tear You Apart” make the Californians ideal touring companions for the legendary Murphy.

Tickets are $24 in advance.