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Soulsavers feat. Mark Lanegan

Everything is better when Mark Lanegan's involved. Screaming Trees, of course. Queens of the Stone Age. Twilight Singers. Gutter Twins. Even ex–Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell's solo career. And so it is with Soulsavers, a band masterminded by British producers Rich Machin and Ian Glover. With Lanegan's sepulchral growl leading the way, the band makes deliciously moody, late-night, guitar-dappled, electronic-tinged gospel soul-rock that often sounds like U.N.K.L.E. crossed with Spiritualized. The group's new Broken also features vocals from Spiritualized's Jason Pierce, Mike Patton, Will Oldham, and the Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes, so you never know what surprise guests might turn up. Broad Street Stage, 7:45 p.m. MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG

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