Top weekend shows: Candy Golde, Grails
Candy Golde: As side projects go, this one has plenty of talent to recommend it, with Nick Tremulis joined by Eleventh Dream’s Day Rick Rizzo, Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos and Wilco’s John Stirratt, plus man-about-town Mark Greenberg. Jon Langford opens, and no doubt will be putting in an appearance as well with the headliners, 9 p.m. Friday at Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee, $18 and $20 (door); ticketfly.com.
Grails: This shadowy Portland quartet, which includes band members who have worked with everyone from Neurosis to M. Ward, incorporates hammering metal and ambient drone in their instrumental explorations, lately adding an element of electronic manipulation to further deepen and disturb the sound, 7 p.m. Saturday at Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Av., $10; ticketweb.com.
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