The Week That Will Be (In Shows): Adele, Isis, Phoenix and more
The Veronicas Unlike the Veronicas' more guitar-centric and sensitive debut, "The Secret Life Of...," "Hook Me Up" details the travails of a vigorous nightlife regimen, and the first twinges that it all might be an empty show. "Untouched" slips from cloying catcalls into a blown-out emo-disco chorus that would leave acres of lip-ringed boys dumbstruck. Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 8 tonight $16. (213) 480-3232.
Isis Isis has always worked in fine lines, particularly the ones between menace and allure, coyness and urgency. Its new album, "Wavering Radiant," is built on moments when a rib-cracking riff dissolves in a well of reverb, then returns as a pulse-quickening melody or a spectral effect. Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 8 p.m. Wed. $16. (213) 480-3232.