Concert Calendar For This Weekend: Bloc Party, Brendan James, The Andre Nickatina Experience, The Aquabats,

Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale.

If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I’d probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between clever jokes and erudite observations.

But then again, I’m really not that arrogant, just a little self-centered, and marginally a music journalist (this week’s cover story nonwithstanding), so I think I’ll just dish the 411 on who’s playing where and when around the Valley over the next 48 hours.

As always, click on the links for more ticketing information.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12:

Alonzo Bodden
[comedy]
8 & 10 p.m.
$17-$20 (visit www.tempeimprov.com)
Tempe Improv, 930 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-921-9877.

T.A. Burrows
[comedy]
8 & 10 p.m.
$10 (visit www.thecomedyspot.net)
The Comedy Spot, 7117 E. Third Ave., Scottsdale, 480-945-4422.

Mark de Clive-Lowe
With DJ Seduce, Cultured Sound System, & Santos
[jazz/world]
9 p.m.
$10 (visit www.myspace.com/mardigrasbar)
Club Mardi Gras & VooDoo Lounge, 8040 E. McDowell Rd., Scottsdale, 480-970-5707.

Flaw
With The Dreaming, Displaced, Dais, Wounded By Design, & Sinshrift
[rock]
6:30 p.m.
$14 (visit www.13thfloorentertainment.com)
The Sets, 93 E. Southern Ave., Tempe, 480-829-1822.

DJ Christopher Lawrence
[trance/progressive house]
9 p.m.
$15 (visit www.mystaz.com)
Myst, 7340 E. Shoeman Ln., Scottsdale, 480-970-5000.

Limbeck
With Reubens Accomplice, & Muzz
[rock/indie]
8 p.m.
$12 (visit www.statesidepresents.com)
Chyro Arts Venue, 1330 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, (480)258-2329.

The Medic Droid
With Chronic Future, Hyper Crush, & Back Ted N-Ted
[electro-pop/indie/rock/hip-hop]
7 p.m.
$10-$12 (visit www.luckymanonline.com)
The Clubhouse Music Venue, 1320 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, 480-968-3238.

The Andre Nickatina Experience
With Intrinzik, Simply Pimpin, Pimp Style Records, & 480 Underground
[hip-hop]
6:30 p.m.
$26-$27 (visit www.luckymanonline.com)
Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Old School Jingle Jam
With The Sugarhill Gang, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, & Chubb Rock
[hip-hop]
8:30 p.m.
$25-$45 (visit www.celebritytheatre.com)
Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, 602-267-1600.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13:

The Aquabats
With Suburban Legends, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, & DJ Lance
[rock/ska/punk]
6:30 p.m.
$17-$18 (visit www.luckymanonline.com)
Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Alonzo Bodden
[comedy]
8 & 10 p.m.
$17-$20 (visit www.tempeimprov.com)
Tempe Improv, 930 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-921-9877.

Christmas Mariachi Festival
[Latin, mariachi]
7 p.m.
$40.75-$75.75 (visit www.ticketmaster.com)
U.S. Airways Center, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, 602-379-7800.

Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding
With Alice Cooper, Bob Welch, Robby Krieger, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Whiskey Falls, F5, Les Stroud, Runaway Phoenix, Mike “Blackjack” Wilson, Brad Perry, & more
[rock]
7:30 p.m.
$20-$60 (visit www.livenation.com)
Dodge Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix, 602-379-2800.

Brendan James
With Drew Alexander, & Sydney Sprague
[indie/acoustic]
8:30 p.m.
$10 (visit www.statesidepresents.com)
Martini Ranch & Shaker Room, 7295 E. Stetson Dr., Scottsdale, 480-970-0500.

Candye Kane
[blues]
8 p.m.
$12 (visit www.rhythmroom.com)
Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, 602-265-4842.

Peachcake
With Andrew Jackson Jihad, The Premiere, Underwater Getdown, Sigma, & more
[rock/indie]
6 p.m.
$10-$12 (visit www.myspace.com/peachcake)
Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, 602-462-5516.

Planet Poe’s “Bleak December”
With Robert X. Planet, & Roxanne DeWinter
[poetry/spoken word]
8 p.m.
$12-$15 (visit www.asukerr.com)
ASU Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Rd., Paradise Valley, 480-596-2660.

The Season Premiere
With This Daily Summer, Goodnight Darling, The Scenery, & This Halo
[rock/indie]
6:30 p.m.
$10 (visit www.ticketweb.com)
Chyro Arts Venue, 1330 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, (480)258-2329.

Tim & Willy’s Breakfast Show at Night
With Shannon Larson, & Monty Byrom
[country]
7:30 p.m.
$37.50-$350 (visit www.celebritytheatre.com)
Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, 602-267-1600.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14:

Bloc Party
With The Soft Pack
[rock/indie]
6:30 p.m.
$25 (visit www.statesidepresents.com)
Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Alonzo Bodden
[comedy]
8 p.m.
$17 (visit www.tempeimprov.com)
Tempe Improv, 930 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-921-9877.

Junior Brown
With Mario Matteoli
[country/Americana]
7 p.m.
$25-$30 (visit www.ticketmaster.com)
Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, 602-265-4842.

Isaac “Doc” Farm
[comedy]
8 p.m.
$10 (visit www.thecomedyspot.net)
The Comedy Spot, 7117 E. Third Ave., Scottsdale, 480-945-4422.