Weinland, courtesy Tarina Westlund. Normally I keep these photos little, but I love the old-timey shtick so much that I felt it deserved a little more attention.Mirah plays an all-ages show tonight at the Vera Project with Whitney Ballen; Mirah is about to release her latest album, (a)spera, a pleasant record that is pretty darn similar to Mirah’s previous work. It’s not a bad thing– it’s as lilting and soothing to the ear as ever– but it’s basically what we’ve come to expect from Mirah, which is probably why I felt somewhat underwhelmed by the whole thing. But then, I was never a diehard Mirah fan to begin with; more of a casual admirer. Anyway, that costs $14 and starts at 7:30 p.m.Weinland, Avains Alight, Molly Rose at the Sunset, 9 p.m., $6John Adam Weinland Shearer is a careful man. The songs he writes and performs with Weinland, his eponymous band, sound the way a baby bird looks: Delicate, almost fragile, anticipating the great weight of the world that lies ahead. Shearer is so cautious with his gentle vocals and quiet guitar that it’s easy to imagine a musician with some secret sadness just waiting to spill out if he sings too loudly or plays too vigorously. Lyrics like “I’ll never tell you where I’ve been/I’ll never tell you what I know” from “Sick as a Gun” off 2007’s La Lamentor only reinforce that image. And the songs from the band’s upcoming April release Breaks in the Sun solidify it. “Sunken Eyes” addresses disappointment and heartbreak, without ever identifying the moment or experience that caused those two emotions. Shearer sings in metaphor and poetry, keeping his true feelings close to the chest. PAIGE RICHMOND