PERFUME GENIUS
9 p.m. • Fine Line • 18-plus • $15
From the beautifully weeping piano plinks that begin album opener "AWOL Marine," it's clear "Put Your Back N 2 It" isn't exactly going to be a ball of fun. Splendidly intimate, sure, but the painfully shy Mike Hadreas' sophomore disc more befits a consoling candlelit bath than a Saturday night pre-game. Over 12 naked piano-pop songs, the Seattleite seems like he's trying to convince himself everything's going be OK (we're here for you, man). Originally booked for Bryant-Lake Bowl, Hadreas kicks off his headlining fall tour at the Fine Line. Dusted opens. MICHAEL RIETMULDER
DELTA RAE
8 p.m. • Varsity Theater • 18-plus • $8-$15
Odds are you've heard a band similar to Delta Rae: a troupe of would-be Urban Outfitters models looting the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack on a major, all the while posturing to the Starbucks "indie" demographic. Delta Rae is all of the above, with the added marketing boon of a smokin' hot lead singer. It's not that the Durham, N.C., blues-folk act is bad for the world, it's just that the world is already proliferated with its next of kin. The sextet is touring in support of its debut album "Carry the Fire," released this past June on Sire Records. JAY BOLLER
JIMMY WEBB
7 p.m. • Dakota Jazz Club • $35
Like Burt Bacharach, Webb is the rare songwriter who became famous in the 1960s. He penned "Up Up and Away" for the Fifth Dimension, "MacArthur Park" for Richard Harris and "Wichita Lineman" and other hits for Glen Campbell. Webb is just as masterful at storytelling. He'll tell back stories, drop names and sing his tunes, but he'll never 'fess up to the meaning behind "someone left the cake out in the rain" in "MacArthur Park."JON BREAM
