Modern Japanese music isn’t known for being understated, especially since the exports from that country that tend to attract the most attention in America play over-sugared pop or combustible noise-rock. Japan’s instrumental post-rock quartet takes a much more delicate approach than that. The group recorded its ambitious latest album with Steve Albini and a 25-piece orchestra, lending an epic sweep to composer Takaakira Goto’s breathtaking compositions. Mono shares a bill tonight with a markedly different group: The Twilight Sad, a decidedly not-instrumental Scottish indie-rock band led by singer James Graham and his proud Glaswegian accent.
Mono w/ The Twilight Sad
Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.
