City Planner: Wednesday 10/25

Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Trocaderos

From today's A-List: "I'll put Michael Franti's last three CDs up against the most recent trio from any other contemporary musician out there--they're that good. Accompanied by his ace band Spearhead, he's the Gil Scott-Heron of the 21st century, wielding a sound that encompasses the warm quilt of neo-soul, the brisk edges of hip hop, the thomp of rock, and the cool hitch-in-stride of reggae. But it's his serrated political science--cant-free and aggressively pacifistic--that sends him to the head of the working class. If his latest, Yell Fire!, is less enthralling than Everyone Deserves Music (2003) and Stay Human (2001), it's only in comparison to those desert-island keepers." Read the rest here.

With State Radio. 18+. $18/$20 at the door. 7:00 p.m.

Elsewhere

Cafe Accordion Orchestra (CD release) @ Dakota
Hold Steady @ First Avenue
9' x 22': A Dance Lab @ BLB
Transmission @ Hexagon
The Gleam @ Triple Rock

These events and more at the A-List.