ZZ Top Constellation Field (Sugar Land), October 20

ZZ Top, that Little Ol' Band From Right Here, has just released La Futura, their first album of new material since 2003's Mescalero, after this past summer's Texicali EP whet our appetite for the band's mean and lean blues-rock growl once again. This is only ZZ's second true headlining gig in their hometown in years, after playing RodeoHouston earlier this year to a packed-ass Reliant Stadium crowd. With latter-day bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd. CRAIG HLAVATY

Lee Roy Parnell, Bonnie Bishop Dosey Doe Coffee, October 20

As 12-year-olds go, Bonnie Bishop had a pretty good reason for moving away from the Houston area: Her stepfather, former Texas A&M head football coach Jackie Sherrill, relocated the family to Starkville, Miss. to take the head job at Mississippi State University; he eventually took the Bulldogs to the 1999 Cotton Bowl. Bishop, a singer in her church choir in those days, wound up at UT-Austin (who actually beat Mississippi State in that game) and then pursued the musicians' path in Nashville.

Nowadays she belongs to a pretty elite circle of Music City songwriters -- she co-wrote "Not 'Cause I Wanted To" on Bonnie Raitt's recent Slipstream with Raitt herself -- including Al Anderson, Mike Reid and Lee Roy Parnell. The latter joins Bishop, touring behind her solo debut Free, Saturday at what should be a sweet Dosey Doe semi-homecoming. CHRIS GRAY

Borgore Stereo Live, October 20

Take a look at that poster for Borgore's "Bakery Tour" that stops at Stereo Live Saturday... it's delicious. The young Tel Aviv-based death-metal drummer turned DJ and producer, who brings an old-school rap swagger to dubstep's coarse glitches and swirls, is either a complete lout/typical 20-year-old or has a wicked sense of humor. Since his releases include the 2010 EP Borgore Ruined Dubstep and 2011 compilation The Filthiest Hits... So Far, we're guessing he just enjoys a good laugh. And as you can easily tell from his "Nympho" video and that poster we were telling you about, he sure does love the ladies. CHRIS GRAY

Red Hot Chili Peppers Toyota Center, October 20

Now all hovering around their early fifties -- save new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer -- the Red Hot Chili Peppers are modern-rock graybeards, the last vestiges of a bustling and profitable music scene in the late '80s and '90s. At this point the band can boast almost three generations of fans, the oldest of whom saw their hedonistic '80s cock-sockin' period. More still came aboard during their mature, introspective '90s heyday, and now a new generation only knows today's RHCP: ever-energetic, but with a keen eye on their mortality. They still remain somewhat synonymous with the frat set, but once you can get around that, their new material -- 2011's I'm With You wasn't bad -- pays off. CRAIG HLAVATY