MUSIC—Noisey weirdly described Crocodiles’ new album Boys as “salsa-punk,” but before you run into the hills screaming in terror, rest assured that it is much better imagined as raw, rigid post-punk with a hint of new wave danceability and a ton of cool, sneering attitude. No trumpets or timbales to be found. NED LANNAMANN
w/Vice Device, Cat Hoch; The Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 8 pm, $8
FILM—A few years before he helped invent the summer blockbuster, George Lucas made a very different sort of movie: 1973’s American Graffiti, based on his own teen years in Modesto, California. The result—starring baby-faced Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, not to mention a dreamy Harrison Ford—is still a perfect summer movie. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Academy Theater, 7818 SE Stark, see portlandmercury.com/movietimes