The Lovely Bad Things + Diarrhea Planet + Desert Sharks

The Lovely Bad Things deftly synthesize various familiar strains of indie rock—neo-girl-group-ish pop, dreamy Pixies-esque bliss-outs—on a recent Burger Records LP, The Late Great Whatever. Whatever you do, don't sleep on brilliantly hooky, riotously fun Nashville punk sextet Diarrhea Planet, which comes off like a DIY mix of Weezer and Thin Lizzy, and plays here behind I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, perhaps the year's best pure rock & roll LP. All-female garage-rock quartet Desert Sharks set the stage.