This week’s 5 best bets for music in Las Vegas

Coldplay

Moping doesn’t really suit the human exclamation point that is Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. And so after Martin dampened his fair share of Kleenex on Coldplay’s 2014 breakup album, “Ghost Stories,” which followed his divorce from actress Gwyneth Paltrow, he’s back to boosting spirits like a bucketful of Zoloft on the band’s latest record, “A Head Full of Dreams,” a disco-sampling pop pep talk whose sound rivals the eye-watering brightness of all the rainbows on the album sleeve. See them at 7 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Arena. Tickets are $29.50 to $179.50; call 888-929-7849.

Deftones

There’s no place for tears in the mosh pit, and so when it comes to heavy metal, rarely is the bloodletting as emotional as it is physical. Despite their hard-edged bona fides, however, Deftones depart from metal orthodoxy in both sound and temperament. To wit, the band’s latest record, the gripping, turbulent “Gore,” is as much about atmosphere as aggression, mood as menace. See them at 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. Tickets start at $44.20; call 888-929-7849.

Best Coast

Sunbaked heartache and sing-along anxiety is what Best Coast does best. “What is life? What is love? What’s the meaning of it all,” singer Bethany Consentino asks on the L.A. duo’s latest record, the equally laid-back and lacerating “California Nights.” “Do I even care?” Such weighty questions, such breezy tunes. See Best Coast at 9 p.m. Friday at Mandalay Bay Beach. Tickets are $36.24; call 800-745-3000.

Kool & the Gang

Sparing hot-under-the-collar R&B from the defibrillator on their current “Keepin’ The Funk Alive Tour,” soul preservationists Kool & the Gang have teamed up with Bootsy Collins, Morris Day & the Time and MC Doug E. Fresh to make sure that you never leave your feet when they play Orleans Arena at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets start at $49; call 702-284-7777.

D Generation

When New York City’s subway-scuzzy D Generation first came on the scene in the early ’90s, they were akin to a modernized Ramones in the way they embodied their hometown with pop-infused punk whose hard exterior gave way to a candy core. After breaking up in ’99, the band reunited earlier this decade and recently dropped their first new album in 17 years, “Nothing Is Anywhere.” Sure, D Generation never became much more than a cult act, but then again, some cults are worth joining — especially those that favor beer over Kool-Aid. See them at 8 p.m. Saturday at Beauty Bar. Tickets are $20; call 702-598-3757.