Or, The Whale

These San Fran roots-rockers started inauspiciously with the placement of a Craig’s List ad looking for folks interested in starting a “sweet country rock band.” Four years later, the band has just released a potent self-titled sophomore disc full of pedal-steel, roadhouse piano, male-female harmonies and occasional bursts of Neil Young guitar-noise. With seven members, Or, The Whale is capable of taking their music in any direction they choose, and they choose wisely on songs like “Datura,” an ode to the hallucinogenic powers of jimson weed, or the percussive-heavy “Black Rabbit,” with its massive chorus and driving beat. Tours with Fleet Foxes and Two Gallants have turned them into a worthy road machine as well. Locals Fox Van Cleef and The High Beams open the show. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., price $6