Wednesday, June 11
The Cotton Jones Basket Ride

From the ashes of indie folk-pop outfit Page France comes the new project of that band’s primary songwriter Michael Nau. Trippy and mellow, the new act features material worked on with former Page France member Whitney McGraw, whose esoteric vocals float in and out on the unapologetically low-fi recordings. The band’s whole sound is bathed in reverb, from circular guitar patterns to smooth organ riffs and distant horns. Some cuts, including “Chewing Gum,” create a weird, hypnotic vibe reminiscent of the Doors, without the dark sense of danger. This date finds them smack in the middle of a 35-city tour that takes them from the eastern seaboard, through the breadbasket, along the Rust Belt and into Ontario, where they’ll be marketing their music directly to hip fans at shows, the only place you can buy it unless you visit the Web site of the band’s label, Quite Scientific. If that’s not enough to pull you out on a Wednesday night, consider the opening set by the Hammond Shutdown, featuring Matt Smith and Charley Gannon of legendary bar-rock band Scott Carpenter and the Real McCoys. Smith writes super-catchy tunes and delivers them with indescribable cool. Still, he’s yet to receive the full measure of respect he deserves on the local scene. Rounding out the night is a set by Confederates in the Attic. That, my friends, is a mad bargain at this admission price.

—buck quigley

8pm. Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk Street

(855-3931 / mohawkplace.com). $7