The Milwaukee trio Call Me Lightning is named for a Who song, and each year they've grown into that name. Their epic 2010 album When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free is their most Who-esque yet, a righteous slab of pummeling stadium rock far removed from the wild-eyed art-punk of Call Me Lightning's early releases. Like The Who's best albums, When I Am Gone plays out as a song cycle, telling parables of simple men summoned to greatness, fighting death and racing against the clock.
Call Me Lightning w/ Your Pest Band, Holy Shit! and Chinese Telephones
Tonight @ Club Garibaldi, 8 p.m.
