Sun. Nov. 12

The BBC called Scritti Politti "the thinking kids pop darlings of the early '80s." An avowedly left-wing trio, originally from Leeds, England, the band scored a couple of UK hits and made a Stateside dent. But among the problems the band had was its leader Green Gartside's cripping on-stage panic attacks, leading to the decision to simply not play live. Gartside sang backup on others albums over the years, but put the first Scritti Politti to bed, and then re-emerged in the mid-80s with a more synth-driven vehicle. (No gigs.) Then it went away again. Gartside, who has the sweetest of voices, just recently began playing again, having conquered the panic attack thing, and he and new group of Scrittis are on the road, stopping for a low-key gig at the Paradise Sunday Nov. 12, touring behind their first new album in decades, "White Bread, Black Beer." Tickets: $12. Jeffrey Lewis opens at 8 p.m.

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