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Before he started sporting a MAGA hat and supporting Trump, John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten), sang about “No Future” and sounded like he meant it. Obviously, it’s time for a loud, fast and often diverse music genre based on hope, defiance and anger to reclaim its punk clarion call. Snug’s August residency presents a series of free punk shows that embrace a liberal and open idea of what punk is. The Aug. 4 opening show features Telepathics, Adam Cope, Distemper, and DJs Fat Keith Richards and Robert Childers. More: Free; Aug. 4-25, 10 p.m.; Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St.; snugrock.com
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BOOM, the annual three-day festival of art and performances, first detonated in 2016 and went virtual last year — but that isn’t all the fest did in 2020. Last summer, when protests followed the murder of George Floyd, BOOM Charlotte partnered with BLKMRKTCLT, Charlotte is Creative and The Roll Up CLT to create the arts showcase ACT:NOW, which returns this year. Hosted by Boris “Bluz” Rogers, the event features musicians, artists and dancers such as Ife Michelle; Philip Cherry, Ali Steele, Quentin Talley and Wonderworld and so much more. More: Free; July 28, 7 p.m.; online.; boomcharlotte.org
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drummer DJ Buchanan’s hi-hat hisses, bassist Viky Leone’s labyrinthine lines that bubble like a witch’s cauldron and Matthew Leone’s whiplash guitar riffs that swoop and circle like carrion-seeking birds. The hard-rock combo, which takes its name from a Helmet song and not the Flintstones character, balances moments of serene beauty with heatseeking missile attacks that ratchet up the tension. Charlotte’s Sunday Boxing, Belmont’s Ink Swell and New York’s Added Color fill out the bill. More: $8; July 29, 8 p.m.; The Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road; themilestone.club
A recent spin through our Twitter feed found people still debating whether P. Diddy should still be paying Sting $730,000 a year for using an uncleared sample of the creepy Police hit “Every Breath You Take.” Jazz N Soul Music and Radio Rehab skip that debate but embrace the sample when they present Quentin Talley and The Soul Providers and The Mighty DJ DR essaying a musical mash-up of hip-hop and R&B featuring versions of the old-school hits that inspired hip-hop legends. More: $30 and up; July 31, 6:30 & 9 p.m.; Stage Door Theater, 155 N College St.; blumenthalarts.org
The era of grunge and Ren and Stimpy is back! Special Ed, who scored the hits “I Got It Made,”“Think About It” and “I’m the Magnificent,” all off his 1989 debut album Youngest in Charge, headlines this oldschool rap show. The ’90s-centric roster includes Chubb Rock, who released an unbroken string of commercially successful albums in the early part of the decade, British female rap artist and two-time Grammy nominee Monie Love and Positive K, who scored a 1992 hit with “I Got a Man.” More: $32 and up; July 31, 9 p.m.; Underground, 820 Hamilton St.; fillmorenc.com
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