Also Noted

Bob Mould hits town at his old First Avenue stomping grounds (March 5) with a resplendent new disc, District Line, that mixes an occasional electronic dance tune with the molten pop-rock … Two substantial (as in deep and dense) jazz bands for the price of one are on the docket when both Ravi Coltrane and Roy Haynes front ensembles at Northrop Auditorium (March 6) … Ditto the Prezens Quartet (with Craig Taborn and Tim Berne) and Drew Gress’s 7 Black Butterflies at the Walker (March 28) … L.A. punk never topped the slattern charms of X, who will churn up the beer-drinking faithful at the Cabooze (March 22) … Finally, fans of vocals and attitude shouldn’t pass up stormy soprano Kathleen Battle at Orchestra Hall (March 30).