Sarah Borges has never been one to hide her influences. Like one of her biggest inspirations, X, she brings a punk sensibility to country music, so she named her lovely 2007 disc Diamond in the Dark after a line from an X song. On her latest album, she’s even more explicit in paying homage to her influencesshe covers them. On her rollicking new disc The Stars Are Out, she includes covers from acts like The Lemonheads, Smokey Robinson and The Magnetic Fields, bringing a girl-group sweetness to a set of rock ’n’ roll tunes. The popular Madison alt-country act The Blueheels opens.
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles w/ The Blueheels
Tonight @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.
