Modest Mouse w/Mass Gothic (all-ages, 8pm)

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Combining the twitchy guitars of Built to Spill with the loud-soft intensity of The Pixies and a spirit of existential dread that’s distinctly their own, Modest Mouse were one of the most influential indie-rock bands of the ’90s and ’00s. After years of flirting with commercial success, they finally scored a big hit in 2004 with the uncharacteristically bubbly “Float On,” but the wider audience did little to temper their weirder tendencies. The albums that followed, 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (recorded with The Smiths’ Johnny Marr as a band member) and 2015’s Strangers to Ourselves have been every bit as dense, dour and mysterious as their predecessors.