Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include Cakes da Killa, Naked Raygun, Owen, the Matthew Shipp Trio, and the Milwakuee Avenue Arts Festival.
Between now and Wednesday, your live-music options include the Flight of Sleipnir, Cold Cave, Fendika, Chris Stamey & the Fellow Travelers, Stinking Lizaveta, and Smith Westerns.