Eve 6

It’s not unfair to lump in Eve 6 with other countless and faceless “number” bands they graduated with. But unlike Finger Eleven or 3 Doors Down, these California rockers' generic alt-blare has some distinction, thanks of Max Collins’ wobbly voice and ridiculously wordy wordplay (“your heinous highness broke her hymen”). Plus, the tongue-twisting “Inside Out” is surely more fun than any Matchbox Twenty song. After Eve 6's only other hit, the 2001 mushy prom theme “Here’s to the Night,” they were never expected to be heard from again. But here’s where the story goes off-script: The recently released Speak in Code is the band's best and hookiest album by far, bridging the debut’s simplicity with a new zest for Killers-style dance grooves and tuneful enthusiasm. Check out “Lions Den”'s synth-pop, the “Baba O’Riley”-aping “Lost & Found,” or “Trust Me,” in which Collins rhymes “Dubai” with “Hawaii.” And how can you hate on a band whose lament for a lost friend states, “We used to go bowling”? With the Audition and Fall From Grace. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18, $16 in advance. – Dan Weiss