Our local folk-rock friends are back at MAAS with their mix of upbeat hum-along melodies and lyrical storytelling. Singer-songwriter and eagle-headed enigma Tabo Carbone contributes dystopic songs for the people, and Yung Sham deliberately defies distinction with his brand of alt rock.

Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty. On Land’s End Eternal, their first album for Leaving Records (releasing May 9th), the Oakland-based artist expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed saxophone to include layers of electric guitar and lush choral arrangements.