The Gutter Twins

Wed., Nov. 5, 8 p.m., $18, with Afterhours, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.

by M.J. Fine

rock/pop

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If the world goes to hell Tuesday, here's the next best chance to get down in the gutter and begin to black out for the next four years. It took more than that long for The Gutter Twins' Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli to get their first album from studio to store, but their hands were hardly idle. The two wounded frontmen were just too busy working their magic elsewhere: Dulli with the Twilight Singers, and Lanegan with Queens of the Stone Age and Isobel Campbell. Their voices go down like whiskey and rye on Saturnalia (Sub Pop), a dozen songs of seedy doings, tarnished glory and deep regret. One standout, "Each to Each," seethes with atmospheric contributions from Jeff Klein and Natasha Shneider. In September, just six months after their debut, The Gutter Twins hit again with Adorata, an iTunes-only treat that feeds a memorial fund for Shneider, who succumbed to cancer in July. The EP's two new originals and six covers range from groggy (Vetiver's "Belles") to raucous (José Gonzalez's "Down the Line"), and the deep-bluesy interpretations only burnish The Gutter Twins' dark appeal. They won't lift you up, but they'll never let you down.

Wed., Nov. 5, 8 p.m., $18, with Afterhours, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.