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Chaos rules the music of ShooterGang Kony, whose unruly lyrics are surpassed only by off-kilter flows that dare you to question rhythm and time. At first glance, the Sacramento rapper can come off as irreverent or heartless, but on his gripping new album, “Red Paint Reverend,” he balances dark humor and shit talk with doses of sobering introspection—quiet reminders that, although the songs may sound West Coast breezy, the stakes remain high. For this show, he opens for the similarly loose Vallejo trio SOB X RBE.(Baby’s All Right; March 14.)

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