The U Districts Neptune Theatre has been transitioning from a movie theater into a music venue since February, so its only appropriate that one of its first concerts should feature one of indies most dramatic acts. Okkervil Rivers most recent album, I Am Very Far, may not have a theater-inspired name like the Austin bands previous two releases (2007s The Stage Names and 2008s The Stand Ins), but the drama is readily apparent nonetheless. Recorded wall-of-sound style using an army of studio musicians and produced by Okkervil frontman Will Sheff, the albums dense arrangements make for some of the most theatrical music this side of a certain Grammy-winning group of Canadians (see mid-album highlight We Need a Myth). The Neptune may never go back to its days of silver screens and film projectors, but for one night at least, it will be as if the drama never left the building. With Titus Andronicus. ANDREW GOSPE
Sat., June 18, 9 p.m., 2011
