Also this issue: OK, Here's The Situation Prodigal rocker Christopher Tucker is back with a brand-new invention. -A.D. Amorosi CD Reviews -Nicole Pensiero, Mary Armstrong and A.D. Amorosi Sage Francis -Elisa Ludwig The Raveonettes -A.D. Amorosi Gang Starr -Paul Burress Wu Man -Peter Burwasser The Gig -Nate Chinen on Jazz Vienna Philharmonic -Peter Burwasser

February 27-March 5, 2003

musicpicks

Carissa's Wierd

Here on the East Coast, we have Ida to sate our hunger for artsy indie folk decorated with thoughtful guitar hooks, delicate keyboard and strings and ponderous lyrics sung by men and women (sometimes at the same time). Out West, they have Carissa's Wierd. On 2002's Songs About Leaving, singers Jenn Ghetto and Matthew Brooke take turns dazzling with heartfelt phrases and breathy realizations about life and love coming and going. And when their voices start to layer atop each other, the effect is captivating. They hardly ever make it this far from Seattle, so the show at the Church this weekend is a rare treat.

Sun., March 2, 7 p.m., $7, all ages, with The Prom, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 800-594-8499.

—Patrick Rapa