Reverend Horton Heat

Reverend Horton Heat has spent decades turning rockabilly, country-blues and punk into something considerably louder and stranger than the sum of its parts. That makes this City Winery date a particularly good fit for anyone who prefers their roots music with a little gasoline in the tank. The bill adds Messer Chups, whose surf-inflected sound should complement the headliner without sanding down the night's rough edges. There is also a practical advantage to seeing this one at City Winery: you can settle in for dinner or order food and drinks at your table during the show, rather than treating the concert as a separate stop in the evening. Doors open at 5:30pm, with music at 7:30pm, leaving plenty of time to eat before things get loud. For fans of vintage American sounds with a punk attitude, this is an unusually well-matched pairing.