• Manowar

Need to escape from the cold? Well, you’re in luck, because there are plenty of concerts to see in the next few days that’ll help you forget about trudging around in the snow wearing half your clean clothes—at least for an evening.

“On its second album, Held in Splendor (Mexican Summer), this lazy-sounding Boston psych-pop trio hangs on to its shaggy charm while sharpening its sound,” writes Peter Margasak. “Quilt’s songs are modest in scope and scale—atmospheric, flanged-out guitar drips over simple bass and drum parts—but their exquisite vocal harmonies are something else, recalling the woozy sunshine pop of the Mamas & the Papas and the Association.”