J. Kutchma What began as a slimmed-down side project to keep Durham’s Red Collar alive while its’ other members dealt with jobs, babies and broken bones, it’s now morphed into frontman Jason Kutchma’s superb solo vehicle. Steeped in workingman’s troubles and redemption, and often written while rolling alone from gig to gig across the U.S., Kutchma’s new songs channel Nebraska-era Springsteen through punk’s DIY prism (his EP sells for whatever the going rate for a gallon of gas is). As good as they are, the songs are only half the story — Kutchma delivers them with the passion and commitment of the true believer in an era of increasingly pretentious faux art-rock bullshit. With the Temperance League, Trillions, and Jeff Rowe. $5. Snug Harbor. www.snugrock.com.