The Stranger

Despite a name that conjures images of this generation’s worst recycled fashion atrocities, Austin outfit White Denim are much more than bleached trousers or fleeting fashion trends. The band’s rapid interplay of rich guitar tones and almost polyrhythmic percussion coalesce with psychedelic rock and vague ethnic overtones to stirring effect. For predecessors, think Eat a Peach–era Allman Brothers. Live, the band’s energy may just create a vacuum in the place of Wilco’s headlining set. (Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, www.stgpresents.org, 8 pm, $41.25, all ages) by Grant Brissey

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