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Ul de Rico’s The Rainbow Goblins (1978), concerning seven beasties siphoning color from Mother Nature, parallels Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are: a dark story darkly illustrated into a children’s classic. Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, and Tim Alexander drain it for Primus’ first studio LP with 1995’s lineup: The Desaturating Seven. Weird funk progenitor Frank Zappa would adore it.

Tommy Howard had big shoes to fill in Elias Haslanger’s Church on Monday. Not to be overshadowed by predecessor Jake Langley, the local jazz guitarist steps out on his own with solo debut Storybook, a trio affair with COM bassist Daniel Durham and drummer Brandon Guerra. All Howard originals fill the bill.