Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans + Kid Millions/Jim Sauter + Finite State Machine

The collective knowledge base of drummer Weasel Walter, guitarist Mary Halvorson and trumpeter Peter Evans stretches from death metal to experimental improv. On the trio's new Mechanical Malfunction—which finds the group tackling precomposed pieces for the first time—it continues to find novel ways of balancing aggression with whimsy. Helping to round out this spiffy bill is the duo of local avant-garde drum whiz Kid Millions and Jim Sauter, half of the revered/feared saxophone tandem from noise-jazz institution Borbetomagus.