5 concerts to see in Las Vegas this week

Barenaked Ladies

Thirty years on, these cheeky Canadian jangle-popsters’ “Grinning Streak” continues unabated, with live shows as mood-enhancing as an open bar. See them at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at The Sandbar at Red Rock Resort. Tickets are $60; call 702-797-7777.

New Found Glory

How earnest and heartfelt are these pop-punk lifers even by pop-punk standards? Well, they helped spawn “easycore,” a whole new strain of the melodic and emotive subgenre whose handle says it all. See them at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Brooklyn Bowl at The Linq. Tickets are $26 in advance, $30 day of show; call 702-862-2695.

The Joy Formidable

Formidable amounts of joy are in your future if you’re into female-fronted power trios whose sound surfs atop a tidal wave of cresting guitars at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Bunkhouse Saloon. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of show; call 702-854-1414.

Badr Vogu

The latest studio album from these Oakland, California, sludge-metal doomsayers opens with a sample of Matthew McConaughey’s “True Detective” character equating Earth to a giant gutter floating in outer space. Yeah, that pretty much sums up these non-smilers’ worldview. See them at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Cornish Pasty. Tickets are $8; call 702-862-4538.

Queensryche, Skid Row

In addition to being fixtures on MTV’s “Headbanger’s Ball” three decades ago, these veteran hard-rock troupes continue to make the rounds after acrimonious splits from their original frontmen. “18 and Life” for life, dudes. See them at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Cannery. Tickets start at $24.95; call 702-507-5700.

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