Weekend Riff: Middle Class Rut at The Loft, Reunion Show for Lansing's Cadillac Casket, 'Weird Al' at Soaring Eagle

Lansing Music: Middle Class Rut, 'Weird Al,' Lansing guys Cadillac Casket and the Sunset Club are in town this weekend

-Friday: "Weird Al" Yankovvic is famed for brilliantly trivializing the biggest musical hits, everything from arena rock to new wave to gangsta rap. He headlines Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant Friday, and read an exclusive interview with "Weird Al" in this week's NOISE.

-Also Friday: If you dig alternative rock, chances you’ve already heard Middle Class Rut's (above) hit track, “New Low,” on Lansing’s 94.1-FM The Edge. The catchy anthem off the band’s new album, “No Name No Color,” is currently top 5 on the alternative rock chart, and the buzz is heavy enough to have scored the Sacramento, Calif., guys a “2011 Artist to Watch” pick by MTV. 

Catch the band before they blow up Friday, May 27, at The Loft in Lansing. Lansing-based Fusion Shows presents the show.

-Saturday: East Lansing-based Cadillac Casket rocks tough with a combination of metal, progressive and acoustic. While the four-piece spent their first three years playing in and around Lansing, since then, several members have moved to Chicago. The guys play a special hometown show Saturday, May 28, at the Loft in Lansing.

Lansing's the Sunset Club, who brings together the best of Led Zeppelin and Tool, opens.

Read more on the show in this week's NOISE.