Pop and Rock Listings for Jan. 10-16 Action Bronson (Friday and Saturday) The professional chef-cum-rapper from Queens redirects his voracity toward the fleet rhyme composition of the Wu-Tang Clan and the foodie jargon (not to mention the irascibility) of Anthony Bourdain. His full-length debut, "Dr. Lecter," shows where his heart is in the tracks "Brunch," "Shiraz" and "Jerk Chicken." He is preparing his major-label debut on Atlantic for this year. At 7 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, at 15th Street, Manhattan, (800) 745-3000, irvingplaza.com; sold out. David Broza (Tuesday) A superstar in his native Israel, Mr. Broza regularly visits New York to croon his evocative folk-rock. He has also called Cresskill, N.J., his home. His next album, "East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem" (S-Curve), for which he tellingly covers Nick Lowe's peaceable jam " (What's So Funny "Bout) Peace Love and Understanding," will be released on the day of this show. At 8 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (212) 414-5994, highlineballroom.com; $25 to $45 in advance; $30 to $45 at the door. Jake Bugg and Albert Hammond Jr. (Friday) The prodigal Mr. Bugg, a 19-year-old rock singer-songwriter from Britain, channels the hardscrabble country-rock ethos of elder generations. On "Shangri La," his second album and one produced by Rick Rubin, he sings about social inequality and finds a measure of peace after a destructive relationship. He is headlining a national tour with Albert Hammond Jr., the Strokes guitarist and a pacific solo singer-songwriter. At 8 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, Clinton, (800) 745-3000, terminal5nyc.com; $30. ★ Globalfest 2014 (Sunday) This annual festival pulls talent from around the world and across many varieties of music for appreciative American audiences. This 12th installment, taking over three stages at the Webster Hall complex, includes, according to the event's website, the "Afropolitan rumba rapper" Baloji, the "Appalachian-Chinese avant-folk" group the Wu Force, the "Mauritanian Desert soul" singer Noura Mint Seymali and others. At 6 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (800) 745-3000, websterhall.com/events, bowerypresents.com; $40. Holy Ghost D.J. Set (Friday) The breakout dance-pop act of 2011 pulls its stage antics from Freddie Mercury and New Order; its disco-ready riffs from the Bee Gees and LCD Soundsystem; and its cameos from, unfathomably, Michael McDonald. He's fantastic, incidentally, on "Some Children," which is just one of the many addictive moments on this duo's self-titled debut; the follow-up, "Dynamics," released last year, is a more atmospheric effort. The duo spin a headlining set at the appropriately hormonal Girls and Boys dance party. At 10 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212) 353-1600, websterhall.com/events; $15. Hunters (Friday) This young Brooklyn band's long, languid post-punk melodies dissolve into fuzz and distortion, then snap back to terse harmonies and abrupt ends. The band's self-titled debut on the increasingly influential Mom + Pop label (home to Sleigh Bells) was released in October. With Mac DeMarco and Delicate Steve. At 6 p.m., Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 165 Banker Street, at Norman Avenue, Greenpoint, bkbazaar.com; free. Jay Z (Sunday and Monday) As President Obama once joked at a campaign fund-raiser, he feels camaraderie with Jay-Z because "our wives are more popular than we are." Less than a month after Beyoncé unexpectedly dropped her hit visual album and wrapped the American leg of her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour" at Barclays Center, Jay Z supports his fiery but uneven album "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail" with a two-night stand at the same arena. At 8 p.m., Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Avenue, at Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, barclayscenter.com; $32.50 to $175. Bettye LaVette with Stanley Clarke Trio and the Harlem String Quartet (Sunday) Her 2005 comeback album, "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise," is a gem of gospel urgency and a cappella rumination. A former touring mate of James Brown and Otis Redding, Ms. LaVette has the steamroller charisma to invigorate the night. "Thankful N" Thoughtful," released in 2012, celebrated her 50th anniversary in entertainment. On this evening, she sits in for a genre-spanning jam with the jazzy Stanley Clarke Trio and the Harlem String Quartet. At 8 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (212) 414-5994, highlineballroom.com; $25 to $45. ★ Neutral Milk Hotel (Tuesday) Ever the recalcitrant, Jeff Mangum, the Neutral Milk Hotel frontman, waited 15 years to reunite the most fan-adored lineup of his cult neo-psych-rock savants. Fans in New York will have to hold out a bit longer, as the group's tour travels to Boston, Montreal, Toronto and Port Chester, N.Y., before stopping off later this month at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Jan. 23 to 25) and Webster Hall (Jan. 27 and 28). Those who are willing to hop the PATH can catch the group reprise its visionary album "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" in Jersey City. At 8 p.m., Landmark Loew's Jersey Theater, 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, (201) 798-6055, ticketfly.com; sold out. Paul Oakenfold (Friday) The stern face of house music in late-1980s England, Mr. Oakenfold has since funneled his intense precision and disarming beats into globe-trotting club tours and crossover collaborations. His long-in-the-works album "Pop Killer" is expected to feature a number of mainstream artist cameos, and its interminable buildup is not an unexpected move from the perfectionist artist. His last full-length studio effort, "A Lively Mind," was released in 2006. At 10 p.m., Pacha, 618 West 46th Street, Clinton, (212) 209-7500, pachanyc.com; free before midnight with online RSVP, $25 after midnight. Parquet Courts (Tuesday) A ramshackle garage-punk clan from Brooklyn with geeky roots - including, for some members, past membership in the record-listening club Knights of the Round Turntable - Parquet Courts deliver succinct hooks in a purely "90s vein. "Light Up Gold" featured the terse standout "Borrowed Time," an ode to millennial angst and a fine successor to Pulp's "Common People." With Amanda X and Household. At 8 p.m., The Acheron, 57 Waterbury Street., Brooklyn, theacheronbk.blogspot.com, ticketfly.com; sold out. St. Lucia (Thursday and next Friday) What in life cannot be solved with a well-placed saxophone solo? The South African musician Jean-Philip Grobler, who records as St. Lucia and now lives in Brooklyn, weaves a perky spell with "When the Night," his debut album from last fall. It's a good-natured New Wave dance party of synths and woodwinds. Mr. Grobler has also remixed for Foster the People and Passion Pit - without as much horn emphasis, sadly. At 9 p.m., Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, (800) 745-3000, musichallofwilliamsburg.com; sold out. ★ White Hinterland (Saturday) The Fashion Week crowd is (relatively) ravenous for the minimalist electropop artist Casey Dienel, who leads White Hinterland; her icy, celestial track "Icarus" has been a runway playlist staple since its release in 2010. Her cooing for rebirth in nature and solitude does make sense, in a way, putting a soundtrack to a scene in which old is forever new. With Diane Coffee and Isadora. At 8 p.m., Glasslands, 289 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, theglasslands.com; $10. ★ Neil Young (Friday) Canada's unofficial prime minister has mostly laid low since a very active stretch in 2012, when he headlined the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park and he also released a sprawling, funereal memoir, "Waging Heavy Peace." He takes Carnegie's opulent stage to support the recent release of his concert album "Live at the Cellar Door," the first issuing of his vaunted 1970 residency in Washington, D.C. At 8 p.m., Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800, carnegiehall.org; limited availability.