Okkervil River w/ Wye Oak

Austin indie-rockers Okkervil River have steadily grown an audience over the last decade for their brainy fusion of literate rock, symphonic folk and rough-and-tumble Americana. After a pair of invitingly catchy records that took them to new levels of popularity, 2007's The Stage Names and its 2008 sequel, The Stand Ins, the band returned this year with the more demanding I Am Very Far. The record is denser with studio trickery, but the focal point remains Will Sheff's sharp songwriting. Baltimore openers Wye Oak are currently on a three-game hot streak. The band's latest, Civilian, teems with hushed, spine-chilling dream-pop, but in concert the duo opts for a heavier, more direct guitar-rock offensive.