Top weekend show: Alabama Shakes at Riviera

Alabama Shakes: The quintet has had an extraordinary rise in 2012, with a well-received debut album and a series of high-energy shows fusing soul and rock, animated by the homespun grit of vocalist Brittany Howard, 8 p.m. Saturday at the Riviera, 4746 N. Racine Ave., $29.50 (soldout); jamusa.com.

Greg Kot

November 30, 2012