Though still best known for the wiseacre 2004 anthem “Formed a Band,” there’s plenty more barbs and bile in Art Brut’s arsenal of wiry English pop. The band’s recent third album, Art Brut Vs. Satan, was produced by Frank Black with an ear towards the lean and throttling. Still, we don’t tune in to Art Brut for the music so much as for singer Eddie Argos’ loving, rascally tirades, which still worriedly dwell on dwindling youth (“Summer Job,” “DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake”). Argos also pens odes to his equally serious drinking (“Mysterious Bruises,” “Alcoholics Unanimous”) and record collecting (“The Replacements,” “Slap Dash for No Cash,” “What a Rush”), spouting bumper-sticker revelations as grist for verse and chorus. Along with so many other young UK bands, Art Brut learned from Pulp how to turn seedy nightlife exploits and morning-after ennui into painfully funny, self-deprecating yarns that also happen to be whip-smart and brutally catchy. With Miike Snow. All ages.

Sat., June 13, 8 p.m., 2009