Lake Street Dive come to town, transforming the elegant and venerable Wiltern into their own smoky roadhouse. The Boston band stirs up retro soul, with lead singer Rachael Price belting things out with R&B force and a jazzy grace. “I could have been a painter or president,” Price declares on the title track of their second album, Bad Self Portraits. “I'm taking night classes … I'm painting bad self-portraits of a lonely woman.” In reality, her “bad” self-portraits are supremely engaging, as the rest of the group pushes her through pop interludes such as “Rabid Animal” and the comparatively heavy rock-soul of “Bobby Tanqueray.” Even when Price feels “Used Up,” she dusts herself off and gets back up with fervent determination, her heart — and sweetly assured vocals — seemingly as pure as ever.

Sat., Aug. 23, 8 p.m., 2014
(Expired: 08/23/14)

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