MUSIC—The three Scottish lads of PAWS toured America the same time as the vote for their country’s independence went down across the pond. That’s how much these guys are dedicated to bringing you their terrific, catchy, poppy punk. Go see the band on the heels of their marvelous new album, Youth Culture Forever, and throw off the yokes of imperial rule and bummerdom. NED LANNAMANN
w/Total Slacker, Flashlights; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $12
FILM—The third film from Hillsboro-based, Nike-owned studio Laika, The Boxtrolls aims to follow Coraline and ParaNorman with another inventive, painstakingly crafted kids’ flick. This time, the stop-motion proceedings focus on the boxtrolls—gremlin-like creatures who lurk and play beneath the immaculately detailed streets of a town named Cheesebridge. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Various Theaters, see Film Times for showtimes