Medulla Oblongata will rock the roof off of Boheme tonight at 9. Be sure to wear your most comfortable shoes as the Ames natives kick out jams with smooth grooves that are sure to get you off your duff and keep your toes tapping and hips shaking all night long.

You can experience world-renowned classical guitar legend Leo Kottke at the Maintenance Shop tonight and tomorrow night for $12.

When played through stereo speakers, Kottke’s one guitar sounds like dueling guitars. If he can pull off that kind of talent on a recording, just imagine how awesome a live performance will be.

The group of “human jukeboxes” from Norwalk, known as The MacKenzies, will bring its Phish and Black Crows-influenced music to People’s Friday evening.

The MacKenzies have been known to keep a crowd thoroughly entertained with its continuous sets and stage presence that can’t be heard on a CD, according to lead guitarist James Biehn.

The MacKenzies open for Tangletown at 9:30 p.m.

Upcoming Releases

Pavement’s upcoming and possibly final release has recently been titled “Terror Twilight” and will be out June 8, according to its label’s Web site.

The band’s fifth album, produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck), marks the first time the band has allowed someone else to run the controls, according to NME.

Frontman Steve Malkmus described the album as “kind of psychedelic compared to some of our other things — more delays and reverb. We’ve always had a stoner quality in our music, and some of it has been brought to the fore, so it’s more trippy.”

In other Pavement news, the group plans to launch a Web site titled www.pavementtherockband.com as soon as possible, but as of Monday, the site wasn’t functioning.

The Notorious B.I.G. will be “Born Again” this summer thanks to Bad Boy Records. The third album of the aforementioned deceased rapper will include several guest appearances and some previously unreleased material, according to MTV News.

Album No. 8 from Megadeath could be hitting store shelves as early as July, according to MTV News.

During a time when heavy metal bands are being swept under the carpet, the album is appropriately titled “Risk,” as the band continues to stick to what it knows best despite the arguably declining interest in its genre.