Best bets for concerts in metro Detroit May 2-8

Concerts for Thursday, May 2, through Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Thursday

Beach Fossils: 9 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $12.

Dirtyphonics: With Le Castle Vania and Etc! Etc, 8 p.m. The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $15, $20.

For Pete’s Sake: A Pete Seeger Birthday Tribute: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $10.

Trixie Whitley: 8 p.m. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. 248-544-3030. $12.

Friday

Attack Attack!: With Plot in You, Get Scared, Dangerkids and Closer to Closure, 5 p.m. St. Andrew’s Hall, 431 E. Congress, Detroit. 313-961-6358. $13.50.

Core Effect: With No Resolve, Bodymath and Ignoring the Echoes, 8 p.m. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. 248-544-3030. $10.

Empty Mansions: With Scott Lucas and the Married Men, 10 p.m. Garden Bowl, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. Free.

James Blake: 8 p.m. Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $20.

Joe Bonamassa: 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. 313-983-6611. $69-$99.

Mountain Heart: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $30.

Needtobreathe: 8 p.m. Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth, Royal Oak. 248-399-2980. $27.50, $32.

Titus Andronicus: With the So So Glos, 8 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $15.

Saturday

Bill Frisell: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $30.

Purity Ring: With Blue Hawaii, 8 p.m. The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $14, $16.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: Bollywood concert, 8 p.m. Masonic Temple, 500 Temple, Detroit. 313-832-7100. $39-$199.

Senses Fail: 8 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $15, $18.

Soul 70s Super Jam: With the O’Jays, the Whispers, The Stylistics and the Enchantment, 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. 313-983-6611. $59-$89.

Taylor Swift: With Ed Sheeran, 6:30 p.m. Ford Field, 2000 Brush, Detroit. 313-262-2000. $39.50, $99.50.

Sunday

Carrie Underwood: With Hunter Hayes, 7:30 p.m. Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson, Toledo. 419-255-3300. $43.50, $63.50.

Gordon Lightfoot: 7 p.m. Dow Event Center Theatre, 303 Johnson, Saginaw. 989-759-1330. $32.50-$52.50.

Killer Kong: 5 p.m. The Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $10.

The Revival Tour After Show: Featuring the Night Market Revival and Nick Ciolino, 10 p.m. Garden Bowl, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700.

The Revival Tour Pre-Show: Featuring the Hands in the Ocean, 7 p.m. Garden Bowl, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. Free.

Strickly B.A.R.S. presents D.O.A. Rap Battles: 4 p.m. The Shelter, 431 E. Congress, Detroit. 313-961-6358. $20.

Monday

Cosmonauts: 9 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $7.

Zoe Keating: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $20.

Tuesday

Alex Clare: 7:30 p.m. The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $18, $20.

David Lindley: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $20.

Wednesday

Bill Staines: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $15.

Emily Wells: 8 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $8.

Gun Outfit: 10 p.m. Garden Bowl, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. Free.

Youngblood Hawke: With the Colourist, 7 p.m. The Shelter, 431 E. Congress, Detroit. 313-961-6358. $12.