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Goblin Paranormal prog-heads get their Halloween on early with the return of this Italian band known for their horrorific soundtracks. Three years ago, they built a set around their Dawn of the Dead score, and there’ll be more in the same line, including their ominous Suspiria, one of 14 Dario Argento films they’ve worked on (getting remade with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke scoring). Morricone Youth, who’ve taken Goblin’s template most recently to Mad Max, are the support act. (Thursday, Opera House, doors 8 p.m.)
Hauschka The genial German master of the prepared piano brings a bag of tricks and a piano-cam on this return visit. Previously he encored by laying six strips of duct tape on the strings for “a kind of hi-hat sound.” This time he gets a local venue to match his ambitions: St. Anne’s Anglican Church, sure to offer further enhancements with its Group of Seven murals, domed Byzantine architecture and warm acoustics. Full marks to St. Anne’s and co-presenters Wavelength and the Goethe-Institut for putting together this synergistic meeting of artist and place, a natural pick of the week. (Friday, St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 7:30 p.m.) Jlin American producer-composer Jerrilynn Patton’s two albums of rat-a-tat journeys in footwork, including this year’s Black Origami, have quickly placed her at the forefront of the electronic avant class. This assignment (moved from the original Sony Centre) is a little different than her performance at last year’s Unsound at the Hearn. The Euro curators of future music return with two multidisciplinary shows over the next week. For this “Halloween High” meeting of dance, music, visions and light, Jlin scores U.K. choreographer Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography Edits, a music-hall distillation of his Autobiography wherein each performance is a random reshuffle of 23 set pieces based on his life and creative influences. (Friday, Bluma Appel Theatre, 8 p.m.)
U.S. Girls Meg Remy’s U.S. Girls have gone from noise-rock a decade ago to stretching, pounding and snapping ’60s girl-group pop, R&B and hip hop into new shapes. The development continues apace on this tour. Joined by Matt (Doc) Dunn’s eight-piece “21st-century galactic funk” band the Cosmic Range, including Remy’s partner, Max (Slim Twig) Turnbull, on guitar, it’s the biggest crew she’s ever run with. A new album’s just ahead and these two nights offer a chance to catch up on the latest transformation. (Friday and Saturday, Tranzac Club, doors 8 p.m.)
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile What a charming and complementa- ry pairing of shredder-songwriters from Australia and the U.S. this collaboration has turned out to be. Swapping verses on “Continental Breakfast” and getting conversational on “Over Everything,” their Lotta Sea Lice LP has led to this tour and a Halloween night date here with three pedigreed bandmates. Each is capable of tearing off smoking solos at any moment, but it’s less about pyrotechnics and more like a convivial gathering on the porch. (Tuesday, Massey Hall, 8 p.m.)
Yasmin Levy and the Klezmatics Israeli singer Levy has charmed audiences around the world with her honeyed voice and sad songs mixing Ladino, flamenco and other styles. It’s a safe bet she’s taking none of that for granted, having come off a gruelling theatrical debut in a National Theatre production of Salomé that brought the first negative reviews of her career.
The other half of the opposites-attracting bill has the Klezmatics; at three decades together, the very model of the modern klezmer band. (Wednesday, Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.)