We’re putting you in the know about all of this week’s noteworthy events, with suggestions from Tinashe to the Sun Ra Arkestra and from A Conversation with Larry David to the Portland Cheese and Meat Festival.
TUESDAY
LIVE MUSIC
Duster
Every autumn, my music taste glides between the ’60s Appalachian folk revival (Jean Richie, Peggy Seeger, Hazel & Alice, etc.) to the moodiest, gloomiest indie rock of the ’90s. The San Jose-born slowcore quartet Duster fits the latter bill precisely. The band went on an extended hiatus in 2001 but was able to sustain a modest cult following with their two albums Stratosphere and Contemporary Movement. In 2020, their 1998 song “Inside Out” had an inexplicable boom on the internet (the song has been streamed over SEVEN BILLION times on TikTok alone). It’s easy for us longtime supporters to feel territorial over the band, but we should remind ourselves that these guys deserve all the success that comes their way! The band will support their new album, In Dreams, after an opening set from the lo-fi hip-hop project Dirty Art Club. AUDREY VANN
(Revolution Hall, Buckman)
