Toronto folk-rock hybrid Elliott Brood specializes in boot-thumping Frankensteins of country songs. The band’s second full-length, 2008s Mountain Meadows, is constructed of plucked banjo and strummed ukulele, saloon piano and horns, with a rock edge supplied by frontman Mark Sasso’s hoarse howl. The band is currently working on its third full-length, and because Elliott Brood likes to road-test songs before recording them, its likely that audiences will get to hear plenty of brand-new material from the band. And while Mountain Meadows is a good reflection of the bands skill, Elliott Brood is one of those bands you just have to see live and in an outdoor setting, it should be even better. KEXP Mural Concert Series, with Grand Hallway, Gabriel Mintz. SARA BRICKNER
Fri., Aug. 6, 5 p.m., 2010
