The week's 27 best concerts: Nov. 15-21

Blitzen Trapper Turf Club, Thursday 11.16 Portlandians Blitzen Trapper's spirited new album, Wild and Reckless , is a simmering confederation of Eric Earley's vivid storytelling, radiant electric guitar, juicy Americana hooks, and weathered country-rock peppered with modern influences. Earley has called W&R , which was derived from a rock opera with a dystopian perspective and sci-fi twist, "a cross-eyed stepchild to Furr ," the band's highly regarded 2008 release.