Sun. Oct. 12

 No one knows who the Residents. Certainly, someone does, but, really, they've been a whole lot better at that shieldiing idenity thing than, say, KISS. And they've been doing it for more than a quarter-century. The San Francisco based group (quartet, quintet, more? plus dancers?) shows up at Showcase Live at Patriot Place Sunday Oct. 12 at 8. What can we tell you? Yes, they will likely be dressed similar to the photo you see here - the giant eyeball head is like their emblem. We've seen them three or four times throughout their career. They consistently offer spooky, intriguing, sometimes dissonant, sometimes cooly melodic visions of a past, present and future, where, everything's askew if not downright apocalyptic. Their latest disc is "The Residents Present The Bunny Boy." There are story-songs of butcher shops and secret rooms, something called "The Dark Man" and "I Killed Him." The supposed pretext for this dark tale? An unsolicited DVD called "Postcards for Patmos" was sent to them at their secret studio. It seems that a former colleague, "Bunny," had become convinced his brother had disappeared on the Greek Island of Patmos. They weren't sure if they were watching crude, sub-YouTube videos or the breakdown of their former friend, "a once stable personality." As you may imagine, the Residents spin of from there with tales from the dark side. Evil voices, scraping guitars, eerie synths. Off-kilter rhythms. No doubt a lot of theatricality. They perform this, and maybe a few other sidesplitters from their catalog, at Patriot Place. Perfect followup to a Pats game. Tickets: $25 advance and $30 day of.

23 Patriot Place,  Foxborough, 866-448-7849 www.ticketmaster.com