Playboi Carti (all-ages, 8pm)

A twitchy little thing, Playboi Carti’s self-titled 2017 debut showcased the Atlanta rapper’s minimalist approach to rapping (he doesn’t have “verses” in the traditional sense) and his gift for weird, sticky beats that worm their way into your head whether you’d like them to or not. It contained one of that summer’s most memorable rap hits, “Magnolia,” a song that spawned countless freestyles and viral videos. But even that record seems tame compared to Carti’s audacious 2018 follow-up Die Lit, a more extreme record with production that sounds piped in from an experimental cartoon world. Pitchfork called it “music that fundamentally recalibrates the brain’s reward centers,” and sure enough, there’s something oddly addictive about all those loopy synthesizers and repetitive hooks. To focus too much on Carti’s mumbly, unlyrical flow is to miss the point—he’s one of only a small handful of rappers in his commercial sphere who’s doing something truly new.