Wednesday Happenings

Bands Whose Name One Cannot Say on Radio

Fuck Buttons brings back the days when rock shows were a shambles of drone and melody and shrieking. Performing with Brooklyn stoner band Growing. Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave., Allston, 9 p.m.

Lucky Crack Pipes

Bostonist can't hide our glee that Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans is finally seeing its Boston release. Please go see this movie so that Nic Cage won't have to sell another castle. Various locations.

Bette

The Brattle celebrates the centennial of screenwriting duo Julius and Philip Epstein by unearthing some of their best work. Tonight, it's Mr. Skeffington (1944), featuring Bette Davis and Claude Rains as a pair of mismatched lovers who split apart only to eventually find love. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and showtimes.

Nutmeg Roots

Connecticut reggae duo Toussaint and Buru offer proof positive that things can get dread in the Nutmeg State. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., 8 p.m. $10.