The top Toronto concerts this April offer an exciting grab bag of Billboard chart-toppers and underrated local bands, all of whom will pair nicely with the arrival of spring. Even the honourable mentions run a wide gamut this month.

Everything from fuzzy indie-pop (Moon King,Teen,Bleached) to guttural metal (Tau Cross,Iron Maiden,Decibel Tour) is represented on the calendar. For old-timers, there's some stuff from the 90s you'd almost forgotten (The Dandy Warhols,Filter and Orgy), and whoa, one of The Who'smuch-rescheduled 50th anniversary showsmight actually go down here.

Aside from those, here are my picks for the top shows coming to town in April.

Kool Keith(April 2, House of Vans)
Far be it for me to throw free PR atyet another pop-up skatepark's #branded fun, but since theHouse of Vansis closing up their Toronto tenure with a DJ legend, it merits a callout.Kool Keithplays (for free! bless you, rich sneaker companies) withTommy KruiseandBambii.

2(April 3, Lee's Palace)
This ongoing reunion is a sign that the boy-band nostalgia trip has gone too far, but people of a certain age and reality-show upbringing will understand the intrigue of an22016年演唱会清单。我几乎无视它fter learning of Ashley Parker-Angel's absence, but reconsidered; "Liquid Dreams" is justthathilarious.

Savages(April 4, Danforth Music Hall)
Mercury Prize-nominated outfitSavageshave held fast to their brand of post-punk intensity with sophomore releaseAdore Life, an album that revels in the messy, flawed nature of love. Catch one of their only Canadian dates during an extensive North American tour.

Autolux(April 7, Lee's Palace)
Underrated L.A. trioAutoluxmay seem like the latest in the endless shoegaze reunion train, but the band never really broke up - six-year breaks between albums just seems to be their natural rhythm.Pussy's Deadcomes out a week before this show at Lee's.

Junior Boys and Jesse Lanza(April 9, Phoenix)
Electro pairJunior Boysjust returned with their first LP in roughly five years.Big Black Coatbuilds on their ever-evolving experimental sounds, though with a gloomier outlook. Fellow HamiltonianJessy Lanza, who'll put her own new album out in May, opens.

Iggy Pop(April 9, Sony Centre)
The punk legend's surprise garage-influenced collab with Josh Homme,Post Pop Depression, is hitting the road, with all the studio contributors (Homme, Dean Fertita and Matt Helders) in tow.

Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair(April 12, Massey Hall)
Billy Corgan's path to maturity is littered withunsatisfactory roller coaster rides,endless mystic tea-shop jamsand so muchliteral wrestling, but could this simple, stripped-down acoustic tour be a sign he's entered "aging gracefully" mode? "In Plainsong" also bringsLiz Phairalong for a night of 90s alt-rock reflection.

Rihanna(April 13-14, ACC)
The queen ofNSFW Instagrams, insanely anticipated album releases andsweaty grinds on Drakehas finally embarked on theAntiWorld Tour. Rihanna will unfortunately not be joined by our boy The Weekndas previously expected, butTravis Scottis still set to open.

Melvins, Napalm Death and Melt-Banana(April 19, Opera House)
The month's top prospect for ear-shattering mayhem features three of the best current purveyors of noise: longstanding sludge crew theMelvins, Brit grindcore legendsNapalm Deathand Japanese experimentalistsMelt-Banana.

Hervana(April 20, Burdock)
Toronto's all-female Nirvana cover band is paying homage to the iconic grunge band'sMTV Unpluggedalbum, playing the whole thing from start-to-finish in the fittingly intimate environment of Burdock.

CATL(April 21, Horseshoe Tavern)
Arguably one of Toronto's funnest live acts right now,CATLare always worth checking out when they come back home for a show, even when they'veonly subtlyteased new material. They'll host NYC'sDaddy Long Legson this run, kindred spirits in lo-fi punk blues.

What did I miss? Leave your suggestions for April's top concerts in the comments.

Photo of Iggy Pop byFrank Yangin the blogTO Flickr pool.