Tues. Oct. 7

 With his latest disc "Spaceman," Boston-area singer-songwriter-guitarist Jordan Carp joins David Bowie, Nilsson and Elton John - singing about, well, being lost in space. "Sometimes I feel like a spaceman," Carp sings in the title song that kicks off the CD. "I don't know where I fit in this world/So I pretend I'm above the clouds/Staring down at the world /And I feel so cold and blue sometimes." A sentiment many of have felt - alienation being rather common in this ultra-connected age - but Carp puts into an exquisite musical context, with a drifting, dreamy quality that's both spare and expansive. There are a lot of textures and shadows on this disc, reminiscent in ways of Peter Gabriel in his softer mode. A 2001 Berklee College of Music grad, Carp plays Toad Tuesday Oct. 7, opening up for Qwill. (Qwill has a Tuesday residency at the the club.) Trivia: Before he went to Berklee, he was in New Orleans and once worked security for the fake blood-spurting, left-wing gore-mongers GWAR. The Toad gig is free and starts around 8.

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