Dive recommends

Album from the Vaults:

Destroyer, Rubies: Dan Bejar is one of the true troubadours of our generation, and on this 2006 gem, he puts his exceedingly clever and cryptic wit front and center. He rambles and preaches through the album’s 10 tracks, stuffing as many words as possible into his verses, vocals shuffling and shimmering over frantic strums.

Movie from the Vaults:

“The Ruins”: This surprise horror gem from last summer is a genuinely terrifying tale of tourists trapped on top of a cursed Mayan temple. The supernatural takes a backseat in this restrained thriller as most of the horror arises from the characters’ own making.

Events:

Thursday

Physics of Meaning

Nightlight | Triangle indie-rock orchestras unite! The dance-and string-infused wall of sound of Physics of Meaning should get the crowd at Nightlight moving after Lost in the Trees layers beautiful arrangements under Ari Picker’s devastating croons. 9:30 p.m., $6

Friday

Double Barrel Benefit Night 1

Pour House, Raleigh | Our friends at N.C. State’s WKNC kick off their annual benefit event Friday with the first of two amazing shows. Rising Raleigh folk stars the Bowerbirds, Chapel Hill pop sensation Schooner, Lost in the Trees and Lonnie Walker will be on hand to deliver a great show and help a great station raise some money. 9 p.m., $9

The Homewreckers

Jack Sprat | Furious Durham punk-rockers the Homewreckers make a rare visit to Orange County. If you haven’t been able to make it out to see them before, be sure to catch their caustic and intelligent fury. 10 p.m., $7

Saturday

Bellafea

Nightlight | Led by the shrill power of Heather McEntire’s voice, Bellafea is one of the very best in Triangle post-punk. Epic metal duo The Curtains of Night should also impress with their powerfully monolithic songs. 10 p.m., $5

Bull City

Jack Sprat | Powered by the dueling guitars of Jim Brantley and John Kurtz, Bull City loads slick intensity onto the charms of Southern rock.               Chapel Hill blues-rockers The Pneurotics and dirty-joke-minded rock band Rat Jackson also play. 10 p.m., $7

Double Barrel Benefit Night 2

Pour House, Raleigh | In addition to a performance from legendary Chapel Hill indie-rock band Polvo, the audience at night two of WKNC’s party will be treated with sets from Raleigh classic-rock explosion Birds of Avalon, the candy-coated punk-rock spunk of Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies and the ever-improving pop-rock of Durham’s I Was Totally Destroying It. 9 p.m., $9