Get Out Tuesday: Patrick Watson at the Crocodile

Patrick Watson is no mere man; with his band The Wooden Arms (also the name of his new album, out last week), he's a rag-tag music machine. Using piano, guitars, ukulele, cello, violin, and horns alongside even more unconventional instrumentation such as bicycle parts and wine bottles, the Montreal-based artist gets comparisons to Andrew Bird, Jeff Buckley, and Sufjan Stevens. It's weird and wonderful stuff--chamber pop compositions by M. Ward's eccentric uncle--and it grabbed us immediately.

New album Wooden Arms has been getting great reviews from everyone from Entertainment Weekly ("absinthe laced gumdrops") to NME ("beguiling, strange, beautiful, moving") to NPR ("love at first listen"). Patrick Watson is in the midst of a mini-US tour that ends in Seattle at the Croc tomorrow night. We've been told that the band's creative and playful approach to making music translates from album to stage in a way that must be seen (and perhaps recorded with a camera) to be believed. Check out the the above video of his NPR performance for a taste.

8 p.m. doors // The Crocodile // 2200 2nd Ave // $11, 21+