Skip to main content
Saturday, April 4
RP Boo is a legend. The man born Kavain Wayne Space, an example of nominative determinism if one ever existed, is probably the producer most responsible for mutating Chicago house music into the faster, freakier thing known as footwork. But he’s not content to be just a pioneer, also releasing a string of albums (best among them 2013’s Legacy) that combine the freedom of a jazz classic and the omnivorousness of a DJ set. Barn Radio, 215 SW 1st Ave. 10 pm. $30. 21+.
Sunday, April 5
Cass McCombs makes a great argument for low-key brilliance, establishing himself as an American original across an astonishingly good run of albums over the past 20 years. Anyone who cares about classic, sleeves-rolled-up songwriting owes it to themselves to get into him, and his new album, Interior Live Oak, is just about as good as anything he’s made, evoking electrified ’70s folk-rock poets like Gordon Lightfoot and Lee Hazlewood. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. 8 pm. $32.23. All ages.
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 7 and 8
David Byrne is one of America’s most compelling performers and one of its most endearing public intellectuals, leveraging his historic performance in the Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense into bucket-list live-show status for generations of rock fans. On his newest album, Who Is the Sky?, the 73-year-old is the same as he ever was, posing eternal philosophical questions over dapper African-inspired funk rock. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St. 8 pm. $105+. All ages.
