Blitzen Trapper w/ Loch Lomond

Much as it ushered in grunge two decades ago, Seattle’s Sub Pop Records has been a leading proponent of the recent flannel-in-the-forest indie-folk movement, signing artists like Iron and Wine, Daniel Martin Moore, Vetiver, Tiny Vipers and Loney, Dear. One of its most promising acquisitions has been Blitzen Trapper, a Portland, Ore., ensemble that gets better with each album. The band’s Sub Pop debut, Furr, which toned down some of the band’s early indie-quirk in favor of a more traditional homage to Neil Young-styled Americana, garnered praise not only from the usual blogs but also from Rolling Stone, which placed it as No. 13 on the magazine’s list of the best albums of 2008. Tonight fans can expect to hear some of the Furr outtakes and B-sides, which will be released in late August on Blitzen Trapper’s Black River Killer EP.