Cincinnati funk rockers Foxy Shazam have clear retro influences in bands like Queen and Meatloaf, but they take their wild child attitude and razor-sharp lyric writing from a more contemporary school of spastic rockers like At The Drive-In and Man Man. Their latest album, this year’s The Church of Rock and Roll, continues to ride their amped-up shtick all the way to the bank with rocking-ass songs that beg to be ripped up live. With Maniac, Cadaver Dogs, Just Like Vinyl. TODD HAMM

Sat., April 14, 7 p.m., 2012