This Week's Recommended Shows: Blues Traveler, Immortal Technique, Yeasayer and More

Brothers and Sisters, Dead Confederate and Iced Earth made the list too. Check out briefs and photos for our recommended shows for November 19 through November 25.

[Friday, November 21] Pit Er Pat plays like a jazzy Portishead revamp, with the chilly female vocals recast in a rain forest of jungle beats and sweltering rhythms. Fay Davis-Jeffers brings a torch-singer vibe to highly flammable backdrops, igniting dub reggae, brassy lounge funk and organ-mellowed garage rock. On its new release High Times, the Chicago-based trio empties its exotic-instrument arsenal, employing bells, bongos, cuica (think of that odd laughing-chimp sound in Beck’s “Tropicalia”) and a wide array of shaken/clapped percussive devices. It’s unclear how much room the group left in the van for all the toys, but these songs would remain seductive even if stripped to their keys/bass/drums core. With Tinsel. The Vera Project, Seattle Center, Warren Ave. N. and Republican. 7:30 p.m., $8. All ages.