Underrated: Cracker and Danny Trejo

Cracker: Let no serious ‘90s revival begin without this roots-rock band led by Camper Van Beethoven’s David Lowery, who may be best remembered for the alt-radio hit “Low” and the snide almost-anthem, “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now).” Headlining the hipper-than-thou Echoplex this week, Lowery shows that his taste for brash, Americana-informed rock remains as sharp as his biting wit on the band’s new record, “Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey.”

Danny Trejo: We haven’t yet seen Robert Rodriguez’s slyly ultra-violent “Grindhouse” spinoff “Machete,” but nothing makes us happier than knowing this character actor is getting his due as the lead. A fixture in action and horror films who has played boxers, bartenders and bad guys in everything from “Heat” to “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” Trejo is a gruff, hard-boiled throwback to the days of Charles Bronson, in the very best way.

That ‘Terriers’ doesn’t actually star terriers: Nothing against Donal Logue, but we were far more intrigued by this FX show when all we knew about it were its bizarre promos, the earliest of which involved only color-blasted footage of a Jack Russell terrier making a menace of itself. We have no idea how a series could literally be built around a bunch of little dogs, but it would surely be more groundbreaking than yet another cop show.

Interpol’s endurance: Like a first-generation iPod, few things remind us of the early ‘00s quite as clearly as this stylish indie rock outfit, whose fourth album comes out Tuesday. And while there’s no arguing how well the band captured a moment with the moody “Turn on the Bright Lights” in 2002, Interpol’s albums have proved to be a less-interesting retread of the same dark, Joy Division-inspired ground. May we suggest adding more color to your mix, gentlemen?