DISCLOSURE ARE VERY YOUNG AND POPULAR
Disclosure—British brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, who are 22 and 19, respectively—have blown the hell up this year with the album Settle and a host of singles, including “You & Me,” with Eliza Doolittle on brassy, pop-R&B vocals, and “White Noise,” featuring the sassy, pop-R&B voice of AlunaGeorge. (Disclosure’s popularity has forced this gig to move from Showbox at the Market to Showbox Sodo, which is unfortunate for audiophiles.) Settle is a beneficiary of EDM’s (spit) ascendance in the mainstream mind-set, and as popular dance music goes, it’s a relatively classy affair, with serious craft put into the lustrous textures and housey beats, buttressed by humans who can sing without aid from Auto-Tune. Don’t be surprised to see Disclosure opening for Daft Punk when they deign to hit the road. With T.Williams. Showbox Sodo, 8:30 pm, $25, all ages, sold out.
LOSCIL AND MINAMO GENTLY
MASSAGE YOUR CARES AWAY
For the last 12 years, Loscil (Vancouver producer Scott Morgan) has been one of the world’s most consistently great purveyors of tranquil, massage-therapist-friendly ambient music. Recent albums like Endless Falls and Sketches from New Brighton show that Loscil continues to refine his ability to forge passages of subaquatic intrigue and ethereal grandeur. He remains almost unparalleled for creating music that captures a paradoxically comforting sense of isolation. Japanese quartet Minamo operate in the intimate juncture where ambient music, minimalist improvisation, and ECM-ish jazz intersect. If you ever warmed to early Múm or Shuttle358, you’ll treasure Minamo’s adorable miniatures. With Marcus Fischer. Chapel Performance Space, 8 pm, $5–$15 sliding scale, all ages.
HOLY GHOST!’S SLICK DISCO FOR TEEN-ROMANCE FLICKS
Brooklyn duo Holy Ghost! are the DFA label’s slickest disco ambassadors. Their impeccably arranged, glossily produced, and melodically pretty tracks straddle the line between club functionality and home-listening euphony. Multi-instrumentalist members Nick Millhiser (drums, bass, guitar, programming) and Alex Frankel (vocals, keyboards) honed their chops as session musicians for various DFA productions and remixes, and their music has a pro sheen of which I’m not overly fond, but there’s no denying the skill involved. Their new album, Dynamics, has plenty of potential teen-romance-movie jams. Fans of !!!, Junior Boys, and Hercules & Love Affair should resole their dancing shoes for this one. With Midnight Magic. Neumos, 8 pm, $18 adv, 21+.
