While a biker-friendly lineup of bands like ZZ Top, Los Lonely Boys, The Black Crowes, Foghat and Amanda Overmyer plays the neighboring Summerfest grounds as part of Harley-Davidson’s 105th anniversary celebration, the night’s biggest ticket is the general-admission Foo Fighters concert at the Roadhouse . . .

As the band’s name suggests, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club specializes in loud, rambunctious garage rock, making the group outcasts from an indie-rock scene that now prefers downtrodden songwriting or handclap-laden quirk. Blending abrasive guitar-driven straight-ahead rock with . . .

Once coldly dismissed as yet another Promise Ring side project, local indie-rockers Maritime have picked up a well-deserved following over the years, as their records became better, their live shows stronger and their pop sensibilities tighter. Last year they released their finest record yet, the tuneful, peppy Heresy and the . . .

It’s a good week for Southbound, the popular Milwaukee-jam rock band with as much reverence for the Allmann Brothers as you’d expect from a group named after one of their songs. With the Harley-Davidson festivities, Southbound’s brand of biker-friendly classic-leaning rock is very much . . .

Though The Flower Kings have at times been labeled prog-rock’s great white hope, and are now arguably one of the world’s leading prog-rock bands, they’ve at times had trouble finding their footing. The Sum of No Evil, the band's latest and most focused album in years (even with a running time of 75 minutes), tries to . . .

Tim Burton’s Johnny Depp-starring Charlie & The Chocolate Factory was well-received, but it doesn’t have the cult-classic hallmarks of the original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, which, in a sign of its longevity, screens tonight at the Times Cinema at midnight. Funny, trippy and surprisingly dark at times, the . . .

One of the most imaginatively animated graphic-novel film adaptations in recent memory, and one of the best received foreign films of 2007, Persepolis is the autobiographical tale of young Marjane Satrapi as she comes of age—and discovers punk music—amid the 1970s Iranian revolution. The . . .

Harley-Davidson’s super-sized 105th anniversary celebration kicks into overdrive today, with a massive, all-day concert at Miller Park featuring big acts like Sugarland (the country-crossover stars), Joan Jett (the “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” icon), Lewis Black (the comedian) and The Billy Bob Thornton Band . . .

Lewis Black does double duty today, following up his Harley-Davidson appearance with a separate, 11 p.m. show at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino. The “Daily Show” contributor has recently found modest success with his own Comedy Central show, “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil,” a (very) high-concept court program that . . .

Barack Obama makes history tonight as he accepts the Democratic National Committee’s nomination and closes the DNC convention with one last speech. Venues all over the city, big and small, will be hosting viewing parties for the speech. For those looking for an informal evening, for instance, you can watch the speech . . .