Eleventh Dream Day have been around for over three decades now, and core members Rick Rizzo, Janet Bean (of Freakwater), Doug McCombs (of Tortoise and Brokeback) have teamed up with Jim Elkington (of Tweedy and Brokeback) for their latest release Works For Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey). Tonight at Johnny Brenda’s, the Chicago alt-rockers will be matched with hometown guitar hero Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band. Combining their love for the expansive jams of The Grateful Dead with the art-punk noise of bands like Television, the band sets its sights on morphing these distinctly polar ends of the music spectrum into a cohesive soundscape, enveloping onlookers into a world where the lines of genres are blurred and minds are scrambled. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band currently have plans to release The Rarity of Experience, a 2XLP due out in 2016 via No Quarter. They’ll also be joined this evening by Philly’s own Rosali. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Q.D. Tran
