LAKE STREET DIVE
WEDNESDAY 7/17. The Momentary, Bentonville. 7 p.m. $25-$325.
Ask any Dungeons & Dragons fan and they’ll tell you: The possibilities a 20-sided die can yield are endless. You’ll get a co-sign on that, too, from Brooklyn-based jazz-pop group Lake Street Dive, who used the D&D centerpiece to generate songs for their new record. Called “Good Together,” the group’s 2024 full-length marks the first time they’ve written songs together from the point of inception, selecting tempi, meter and chords at random by rolling the dice. That, bassist Bridget Kearney said, “ended up taking us to new places we never would’ve gotten to otherwise.” That territory includes the uptempo title track, a happy accident of the dice that pairs Rachael Price’s smoky, formidable alto with a sunny synth and a disco-tinged bass riff, funky yet wholesome enough for a morning minivan commute with the kiddos. It’s one of several tracks on the record that features horns from Brooklyn-based jazz band Huntertones, and a good indicator of the “bop, then ballad” recipe Lake Street Dive will likely deliver at the Momentary. Long Island sibling rock duo The Lemon Twigs open the show. Get tickets here.
