Our highlights for the very busy week ahead include Girl Power, a Nicky Da B benefit, Ty Dolla $ign, Jimmy Cliff, and a tribute to John Lennon.

Friday: Nicky Da B Benefit feat. Sissy Nobby, DJ Jubilee, Walt Wiggidy, BJ So Cole, Jo Jackson, Reedy, and DJ Lil Man, midnight, The Republic: Rapper and dancer Nicky Da B passed away far too young last month. Some of the proceeds for this show will go to his family to help with the costs of his death. (tickets) Also on Friday: Jeff the Brotherhood, Music Band, 10 p.m., One Eyed Jacks (tickets); Rotary Downs, The Night Janitor, 10 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets); Papa Mali, Aaron Wilkinson & Friends, 10 p.m. Tipitina’s (tickets); Super Diamond: The Neil Diamond Tribute, 8 p.m., House of Blues (tickets)

Saturday: Phantogram, Lia Ices, 9 p.m., The Republic: At Buku earlier this year, the dark, precise electro-pop of Phantogram was one of the weekend’s highlights. (sold out) Also on Saturday: Imelda May, The Bellfuries, 8 p.m., House of Blues (tickets); P.Y.M.P., Lucas Wylie, 10 p.m., Tipitina’s (tickets); The Tanglers CD-release party, 10 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets); Mike Dillon Band, High, Batebunda, 10 p.m., One Eyed Jacks (tickets); Terry McDermott and The Bonfires, Miggs, Kristen Palmer, 8 p.m., House of Blues’ Parish (tickets); John Papa Gros and Friends, 11 p.m., d.b.a.

Sunday: Beck, 6 p.m., House of Blues: Since a 2005 back injury, Beck doesn’t tour as much as he used to. If previous stops on the tour preview this rare club show, he’ll be more spirited and energetic than his Morning Phase from earlier this year might suggest. (tickets) Also on Sunday: St. Lucia, Joywave, 10 p.m., The Republic (tickets)

Monday: Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Bibby, Lost Wordz, 10 p.m., The Republic: On his Beach House EP mixtape, Ty Dolla $ign’s too busy thinking about getting laid and high to worry about anything else. His grooves are designed to accompany those pursuits, and he finds more inner life in those activities than you might expect. (tickets) Also on Monday: Bernhoft, The Wind and The Wave, 8 p.m., House of Blues’ Parish (tickets); Jimmy Cliff, DJ T-Roy, 8 p.m., House of Blues (tickets)

Tuesday: Interpol, Rey Pila, 8 p.m., House of Blues: With and now without founding bassist Carlos Dengler, Interpol doesn’t waver from its Joy Divisionly tense, moody dance rock. (tickets) Also on Tuesday: Jamestown Revival, The Black Cadillacs, 9 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets);