Punk may be dead, but there are mediums who can channel its deranged ghost, and the Intelligence vocalist and guitarist Lars Finberg is one of those people. The bands latest release, Males, is temperamental post-punk boogie, bouncy and brooding at equal turns — the record begins with bubbling bong water and ends with a solid 1:05 of static. Even though the grating drone that concludes the album’s final and title track feels like a big “fuck you,” that sneer is the essence of rock and roll’s sinister side. As of last year, Chris Woodhouse joined the band as a second guitarist, and though Finberg once played all the instruments on the Intelligence albums himself, Males employs the band that played with him in the studio: Woodhouse, Susanna Welbourne and Beren Ekine-Huett. With Unnatural Helpers, Partman Parthorse. SARA BRICKNER
Fri., Nov. 19, 10 p.m., 2010
