VeeShapeWednesday, Sept. 3

VeeShapePairing drone-enthused Earth with somber folkster King Dude is going to make this bill one of the year’s dreariest. Dylan Carlson, of the former, has been kicking around at the periphery of underground stardom for about 20 years, and for most of that time his troupe has skirted the traditional verse-chorus-verse structure, apart from 1996’s Pentastar: In the Style of Demons. Since dispensing with the recording of overwhelming walls of feedback, the band has taken to cobbling together downer-rock stuff, most recently on Primitive and Deadly. It’s a good match with King Dude, a guy who sounds like he might listen to Burzum and Woody Guthrie in equal parts. The Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-4618, thecrocodile.com. 8 p.m. $12. DAVE CANTOR

Yes, Logan Brill

is young and blonde, and her debut, Walking Wires, features country tunes about relationships both good and bad. But no, Brill is not Taylor Swift 2.0. Whereas Swift takes the more polished, Top 40–country, full-on pop route, Brill, a 23-year-old Knoxville native, isn’t afraid to get some dirt under her nails. Her voice is smooth and low, but she’s able to turn up the grit at a moment’s notice—a trick that adds authenticity to her sound and makes it seem as though she’s been performing for years. For yet another side of her voice, check out her beautiful cover of Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” on YouTube. With Portland Cello Project, Home Free. The Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333, thetripledoor.net. 7:30 p.m. $20 adv./$23 DOS. All ages. AZARIA C. PODPLESKY

VeeShapeThursday, Sept. 4

VeeShapeSeattle’s Exohxo does chamber pop with a special emphasis on “chamber.” It’s becoming relatively more common for groups to include strings or pianos in their lineup, throwing in a violin flourish here and there for texture. Exohxo takes this a step further with finely crafted arrangements that feel as important as its jangly guitars and earnest vocals. It’s a sanguine mashup of classical and indie pop without pandering to either demographic. Every moving part feels intentional and complementary, rather than being placed for novelty’s sake. With Teach Me Equals, Redrumsey. El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E., 381-3094, elcorazonseattle.com. 7:30 p.m. $6 adv./$8 DOS. 21 and over. DUSTY HENRY

After a recent move to L.A., Jherek Bischoff returns

home, at least for an evening, to show us why he was voted Seattle Weekly’s 2014 Best Collaborator. The composer, who has worked with the likes of the Kronos Quartet, Xiu Xiu, and Amanda Palmer, has a penchant for leading large ensembles, creating sweeping, moody arrangements that explore the distance between pop and classical music. This is best heard on his 2012 album Composed, which featured contributions from David Byrne and Zac Pennington of Parenthetical Girls. For this show he’ll be joined by an intimate group that includes Pennington, violinist Paris Hurley (of Seattle-based group Kultur Shock, among others), local jazzhead Beth Fleenor on clarinet, and a handful more performing all-new arrangements of his music, which he promises will be a “once-in-a-lifetime show.” With just one night to prove it, it shouldn’t be anything less. The Moore, 1932 Second Ave., 682-1414, stgpresents.org/moore. 8 p.m. $22.50. GWENDOLYN ELLIOTT

There’s nothing graceful about Swans, the experimental rock group that emerged from the New York no-wave movement in the early ’80s, but that’s the point. The band, led by Michael Gira, offered repetitive riffing, plodding rhythms, and monotonous vocals for a uniquely brutal effect that dispelled any notion of what a band could sound like. They called it quits in 1997, but reformed in 2010 with a renewed dedication to their mission. Pitchfork said their latest album, To Be Kind, “perfected a new means of transforming grotesquerie into grandeur and vice versa.” There’s no band quite like Swans, and you may never be the same after seeing them play. With Carla Bozulich. Showbox, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151, showboxpresents.com. 9 p.m. $25 adv./$28 DOS. DAVE LAKE

VeeShapeFriday, Sept. 5

VeeShapeTo get a sense of what makes The Stone Foxes tick, you need to do two things. First, check out “Cotto” from 2013’s Small Fires. The balls-out rocker—with heavy blues and soul overtones that make this story about a prizefighter pack quite a wallop—is indicative of what else you’ll find on the album. Second, check out its video, which features drummer and lead singer Shannon Koehler getting his ass kicked by a trio of dressed-up kids who look like they’re auditioning for a role on When Dance Battlers Go Bad. These Foxes rock like there’s no tomorrow, but they’re up for a good laugh too—a tough combination to beat. With Tango Alpha Tango, Good Men, Thorough. The Crocodile. 8 p.m. $12. All ages. BRIAN PALMER

The term “DJ set” has a lot of connotations, usually of dance clubs and “filthy bass drops.” Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza has never been that type of producer. His work in the band and on various remixes show he has an ear for world music and bossa nova crooning, a mix of sounds that brought the group acclaim with their Garden State breakthrough “Lebanese Blonde.” Getting behind the mixer, it’s a chance for concertgoers to experience a different, less conventional type of dance party. Garza may be a DJ, but he’s also an accidental evangelist for a whole other realm of music. With Blue Eyed Soul, Karl Kamakahi. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9442, neumos.com. 8 p.m. $15 adv. 21 and over. DH

VeeShapeSaturday, Sept. 6

VeeShapeThere’s a carefree vibe to Libation, the latest album from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, which masks the band’s improbable beginnings. Displaced during the nation’s civil war, the band bounced from one refugee camp to another for three years, playing music for fellow refugees along the way, before eventually making their way home and recording their first album, Living Like a Refugee, released in 2006. The group continues to spread the message of hope and peace while sharing their native folklore through song. On Libation, the All Stars take an unplugged approach, reminiscent of their days playing in camps. But this time going acoustic is a choice, not a necessity. With Irukandji Legion of Brass, Darek Mazzone. Barboza, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9951, thebarboza.com. 7 p.m. $18. 21 and over. ACP

England native Passenger, aka Michael Rosenberg, spent four years busking full time; now an independent chart-topping sensation, selling out venues in the U.S. and abroad, he still writes heartfelt blog posts for his official website and updates his own Facebook page, signing off with saccharine salutations such as smiley faces and “xx.” He impressively funded his last four records “basically from busking,” he says (his fifth, Whispers, hit shelves in June). Rosenberg first caught widespread audience attention in Australia, where he recorded All the

Little Lights, which includes the reflective and uber-catchy “Let Her Go.” The track carried his unique voice and straightforward but effective lyrical style across oceans to the U.S., where he quickly gained traction and continues to build a following. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 652-0444, showboxpresents.com. 9 p.m. $27 adv. All ages. JESSIE MCKENNA 

You really can’t go wrong with an evening of the Music of Patsy Cline. Arguably the most important female voice in the history of country music, the Nashville icon, who died in a plane crash at age 30, would have turned 82 this week. In just a handful of years, however, Cline left behind one of popular music’s most enduring catalogs, including “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “Walkin’ After Midnight.” Her songs will be performed tonight by a number of Northwest voices, including Star Anna, V. Contreras, Jennifer Hopper, Kim Virant, and others. The Triple Door. 7:30 p.m. (Also 6 p.m. Sun.) $20 adv./$22 DOS. DL

VeeShapeSunday, Sept. 7

VeeShapeTransitioning to a new sound or aesthetic can be contentious for a band’s fans. Bear In Heaven has built a reputation on experimental, ’80s-style, synth-pop-tinged records like 2010’s Beast Rest Forth Mouth and 2012’s I Love You, It’s Cool. The band’s latest, Time Is Over One Day Old, keeps some of those roots but builds a bigger, more approachable sound on them, with booming drums and ethereal guitars. It’s a striking difference, but not a bad sound for the group. The weirdness may be subsiding, but it may not be gone forever. With Young Magic, Miles Cooper Seaton. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8005, chopsuey.com. $12 adv./$14 DOS. 8 p.m. 21 ad over. DH

On its most recent release, 2013’s Renancer—Spanish for “to be reborn”—New Jersey screamo act Senses Fail reinvented itself, issuing the heaviest album of its career. It seems particularly odd to find the band looking backward so quickly. But alas, the 10th anniversary of the band’s debut album, Let It Enfold You, means fans will surely clamor at the chance to hear it in its entirety—and then hopefully get pummeled with some newer material. In celebration, Senses Fail will also reissue the album on vinyl. With No Bragging Rights, Knuckle Puck, To the Wind. El Corazon. 6:30 p.m. $15 adv./$18 DOS. DL

A kind of shrunken acoustic guitar, the ukulele first won over America in the early 1900s with its hypnotic combination of sweet, pure tones and the heartbeat rhythms commonly strummed on it, and the 21st century has ushered in its renaissance. Uke Heaven brings our love for the uke to the stage for performances by renowned Canadian player James Hill, Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, husband-and-wife duo The Quiet American, the Hula Honeys (from Maui), and Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, plus “house band” Nova Devonie on accordion and Matt Weiner on stand-up bass. All-day ukulele workshops with the artists follow on Monday down the street at Dusty Strings—uke can do it too! Nectar Lounge, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020, nectarlounge.com. 7:30 p.m. $20. 21 and over. JM

VeeShapeTuesday, Sept. 9

VeeShapeCoheed and Cambria might be rock’s geekiest band, and that’s meant in the best way possible. The prog-rock quartet’s extensive discography comprises concept albums (including In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, which will be played in its entirety at this show) that each tell a chapter in the fantasy tales of Coheed, Cambria, and Claudio Kilgannon. Over the years, this story has been further explored in a series of comic books called The Armory Wars, all penned by lead singer Claudio Sanchez. The music doesn’t come second to the plot, though; the band’s albums all have a cinematic feel to match The Armory Wars’ epic storyline. With Thank You Scientist. The Paramount, 911 Pine St., 682-1414, stgpresents.org/paramount. 7:30 p.m. $25.75 adv./$29.25 DOS. All ages. ACP

Short of the Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me,” the women singers croon about rarely, if ever, get to share their side of the story. Esme Patterson wanted to change that with her latest album, Woman to Woman. On it, the vocalist (who also performs in Paper Bird) wrote response songs from the perspective of seven of pop music’s most famous ladies. Elvis Costello’s “Alison” became “Valentine,” Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” turned into “Never Chase a Man,” and Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene” is reinterpreted as “A Dream.” “Loretta,” “Caroline, No,” “Eleanor Rigby,” and “Evangeline” also have their say. In her “folk & roll” style, Patterson adds color to these famous figures immortalized for years in one-sided stories, restoring to them their long-unheard voices. With Led to Sea, Edmund Wayne, Paleo. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599, tractortavern.com. 8 p.m. $8. 21 and over. ACP