The Stranger

Old Time Relijun are an anarchic, apocalyptic revel (no coincidence that their frontman's last name is Dionyso), a combustible freak-out of free jazz and primal rock set to lyrics about the always-imminent end times (no coincidence about the band's name, either). Arrington de Dionyso plays strangled guitar and a squawking bass clarinet that sounds like either a traffic jam or an angry flock of geese; he growls and howls and throat-sings in a demonic croak. Through all the chaos, his band churns out some seriously intoxicating and insane grooves. This will be their only Seattle show of 2009. (Comet, 922 E Pike St, 322-9272. 9 pm, $8, 21+.) by Eric Grandy

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