Melvins | Tue 23 Oct | O2 Academy | £31.50
The progenitors of the whole Seattle grunge scene bring their concrete chainsaw guitar buzz to O2 Academy after tearing up the Institute last year. Read our full preview here.

The Lovely Eggs | Tue 23 Oct | Hare & Hounds | £13.20
For the third time in a year Lancaster’s The Lovely Eggs return to Birmingham, they must like it here and we certainly love having them. The Lovely Eggs are one of the most dynamically turbocharged and lyrically clued up duo’s to ever beat a drum and thrash a guitar. Read our full preview here.

Riscas | Wed 24 Oct | Sunflower Lounge | £7.70
They may look like a bunch of fresh-faced teens, but that hasn’t stopped the Birmingham four-piece Riscas from turning heads with their jangly guitar-pop. The band’s easy-going jams recall the early days of Bombay Bicycle Club and the shameless earnestness of the 1975. www.seetickets.com

King Brothers & Black Mekon | Wed 24 Oct | Hare & Hounds | £8
Not for the faint hearted this one. Great walls of fuzzed up dirty swamp psych noise with the return of Nishinomiya’s finest destructive force King Brothers, backed up mightily by the enigmatically elusive Black Mekon and garage rockers The Mighty Young. www.skiddle.com

Big Lad | Thu 25 Oct | Muthers Studio | £8 
If you were wondering what happened to Shitwife then ponder no more as the beefed up synth warrior noise of Big Lad returns to town after tearing up Die Das Der’s Yr Welcome 2. Support comes from pre-teen metal heads Haq123 and Telford’s A Pig Called Eggs. ww2.theticketsellers.co.uk

Henri Herbert & The Fury | Thu 25 Oct | Night Owl | £8 
Furious rock and roll as Henri Herbert returns to the Night Owl to jackhammer his piano in the vein of Jerry Lee Lewis but with a spitefully delicious cabaret veneer. Support comes from surf rockers Kings of Hong Kong. www.skiddle.com

IDLES | Fri 26 Oct | O2 Institute | Sold Out
IDLES have a chaotic irreverency in their bones, marrying the bitter comedy of McLusky with punchy Clash riffs xeroxed and thrown through a shredder. Steve Lamacq might think this is some mutated form of ‘pop’, but he couldn’t be more wrong: it’s the voice of embittered outsiders who know insanity is the only rational adjustment to an insane world. academymusicgroup.com

Corrosion of Conformity | Sat 27 Oct | O2 Institute | £26.25
Hardcore metal overlords Corrosion of Conformity have been pounding our senses for over three decades through ten albums including this years powerhouse release, No Cross No Crown. An incredible double header is completed by the stoner rage of Orange Goblin. academymusicgroup.com

Radical Planet Shock | Sun 28 Oct | Centrala | £10
Close your eyes and transport your senses to eighties fezzie nirvana as a triumvirate of crusty godfather’s revisit the old days down in Digbeth. Three bands that used to energise muddy fields the length of the country with a cute political edge and razor sharp tunes. The pounding poetic dub of Radical Dance Faction, chipper punk ska of Culture Shock and the chainsaw disco noise of Back to the Planet, what a mix, we may even bring a dog on a rope along. www.wegottickets.com

United Bible Studies | Mon 29 Oct | Centrala | £7 otd
Willfully obscure despite getting through some two hundred members and releasing a prolific amount of material, the dark rootsy folk of United Bible Studies is sonically irresistible, more so live. Joining UBS is the locally international geezer with a sardonic twinkle Matthew Edwards, without his Unfortunates and stripped to a duo. www.facebook.com