Whalebones frontman Justin Deary has been spending part of his time moonlighting as a Rolling Stone, and the release date of the band’s self-titled full-length debut has been pushed back a couple times, but at long last, the record is here, and it was worth the wait. Deary and his bandmates—bassist Bradford Button and drummer Faustine Hudson—have created a collection of hearty tunes that meld nostalgic, full-blooded Americana (“I want everyone to see the mountaintops/I want everyone to see the desert sky,” Deary sings on “I Don’t Wanna Live in the City No More,” recently named SW’s Best Single of the Past 12 Months) and surly psych rock (“I don’t wanna have a fucking job no more,” he snarls in the same song). This week, Whalebones celebrates the album’s release three times—a Tuesday in-store performance at Ballard’s Sonic Boom, a KEXP in-studio on Thursday, and tonight’s concert at the Mural. With Black Mountain, My Goodness. ERIN K. THOMPSON

Fri., Aug. 19, 6 p.m., 2011