SEA WOLF
8 p.m. • Cedar Cultural Center • $12-$15
Not to be confused with Wolf Eyes/Wolf Parade/AIDS Wolf/Wolfmother/Peanut Butter Wolf/Howlin' Wolf, Sea Wolf is effectively just singer/songwriter Alex Brown Church. The Los Angeleno struck indie-folk gold in 2007 with "You're a Wolf"; the song was devoured by TV ("Gossip Girl"), film ("Zombieland"), car ads and 89.3 the Current. Hooky and inoffensive, Sea Wolf's folky baroque-pop sounds predestined for Starbucks speakers and iPhone ads. "Old World Romance," the band's third full-length, dropped last month. Like-minded Seattle act Hey Marseilles opens.
JAY BOLLER
The Script
7:30 p.m. • Orpheum Theatre • $38.50
The Script wasn't happy in the adult pop world of Cities 97. The Irish trio wants to win over KDWB kids, too. So on "#3," the group's third album, the lads incorporated hip-hop, enlisted will.i.am as a guest and aimed for the territory occupied by Maroon 5 and OneRepublic. Hip-hop-charged tunes like "No Words" are lightweight; the Jason Mraz-evoking "Millionaires" is bland Top 40; and the will.i.am-boosted single "Hall of Fame" is bubblegum hip-pop. The Script had a more convincing formula on its first two albums. Opening is San Diego singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman, whose just-released "Cedar + Gold" is a splendidly crafted breakup album, no doubt inspired by her split from ex-fiancé Mraz.JON BREAM
SUN AIRWAY
9 p.m. • 7th Street Entry • 18-plus • $10
Though perhaps not what he had in mind, Jon Barthmus has penned some killer indie-spa tunes. The Philly-based songwriter/producer's exfoliating electro-psych on Sun Airway's sophomore disc, "Soft Fall," is bona fide mud bath music. Cascading strings and synths dreamily swirl together with relaxed Swedish indie-pop panache, like a less distant Radio Dept. The former A-Sides frontman's pillowy new LP is a luscious 11-song set -- if only it were possible to make the Entry smell like lavender. Brooklyn indie-dance duo Savoir Adore and Royal Canoe also perform.
MICHAEL RIETMULDER
