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THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
Phil Elverum, born 1978, is one of the most purely talented singer-songwriters of his generation. His music, first with the Microphones and then with Mount Eerie, spills over with awe of the vastness of the universe and the Northwest wilderness. His newest album, 2024’s double LP Night Palace, contains some of the most windswept vistas in his catalog. But no matter how proggy and untamed his music gets, there’s always the small speck of his voice tying these existential concerns to the human and tangible. Revolution Hall, 1300 Stark St. 8 pm. $40.31. All ages.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
Circus aesthetics are back! Clowns and carnivals spent a long time associated with the disreputable likes of Pennywise, the Joker and ICP, but Haute & Freddy take their harlequin schtick in a classier and more Cirque du Soleil direction, with hints of the antique dragginess of their contemporary Chappell Roan. It’s no coincidence this band emerged at a time when, as The Wall Street Journal recently observed, clowning has proven an exciting enterprise for young people who feel bled dry by a humorless world. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St. 8 pm. $34–$113.05. All ages.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
DJ Lag is one of the central figures of gqom, a style that distinguishes itself from other recent South African electronic exports like shangaan electro and amapiano through its rawness, ruggedness and intensity: a sound not unlike Berlin techno at its bleakest, but with the four-on-the-floor kick drum replaced by sparse rhythms that slip out of time with themselves. Pioneered in Durban, the style went global in part thanks to the efforts of Lag, who collaborated with no less a stateside star than Beyoncé on 2019’s “My Power.” Barn Radio, 215 SW 1st Ave. 10 pm. $22.50. 21+.
