It’s MJ Lenderman. It’s February, and yeah, it’s cold, but have you ever sat on a porch for hours nursing a cheap beer? Do you stop at Garden of Eden every time you go to Salt Lake City to browse through the denim purses? Do you wish you had a boat but worry about the possibility of a conflated ego? MJ Lenderman may be your answer.

Strictly unpretentious, and pulling from Neil Young and The Smashing Pumpkins, MJ (not Michael Jordan or Michael Jackson) Lenderman brings his critically acclaimed tour to Boise. Dock your houseboat at the Himbo Dome, and head to the Shrine on this cold February night.

It’s a walk on a brisk day when you don’t see a soul, it’s when you spot a stream of sunlight shining onto a mossy clearing. It’s a silent day in the dead of winter in McCall, it’s walking on a frozen lake, wondering if the ice will hold your weight, but knowing that it will. Mount Eerie is the project of PNW local Phil Elverum, fluctuating between soft confessions and louder expressions. For when you have more questions than answers, and for when certainty wants to be drowned out.