by Daniel Colussi | A quick heads up to inform you that this evening the Austin-by-way-of-St.-Louis by-way-of-Ohio by-way-of-Boston baroque/folk crew Mutual Benefit are playing The Cobalt. They’re a ragtag assembly of folkers lead by Jordan Lee, a young man who quit a promising career in corporate PR to bum around different cities and write beautiful, timeless songs. His newest and most widely available album, the low-key but confident Love’s Crushing Diamond, was a delight of late 2013 and his premier Vancouver appearance tonight is sure to be a night to remember. It’s perfect winter music, as album highlight Advanced Falconry (below) attests.

Further incentive: the show opener is Vancouver’s own White Poppy, who positively killed it in 2013 with her self-titled LP, which proved to be a romantic drone pop masterpiece. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and the venue.