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Six Organs of Admittance performs "Jade Like Wine;" Mick Turner performs "Swing, Pt. 1"

One of the leaders of the contemporary indie-folk revolution, Ben Chasny, aka Six Organs of Admittance, blends neo-singer songwriter introspection, fingerpicking virtuosity, avant-drone experimentation and new weird psychedelic noise. The result, which burns with a dark spiritual melancholy and expansive beauty, conjures yet destroys the flaccid folk template of yesteryear. On Shelter From the Ash, his new record and the third to be released by seminal indie rock label Drag City, Chasny’s haunting, guitar-based meditations achieve epic reach, evolving from quiet moments that bristle with serene tension into explosive moments of textured sonic exploration. The result is Chasny at his most cohesive—haunting, ethereal and triumphant in equal measure. Helping to shape Shelter From the Ash’s folk-rock ragas was an impressive list of underground luminaries, including Noel Harmonson (Chasny’s bandmate in Comets on Fire), Matt Sweeney (of Chavez, Zwan and Superwolf), Tim Green (of the Fucking Champs) and Elisa Ambrogio (of noise freaks the Magic Markers), whose distinctive vocals and guitar work feature into the live Six Organs experience on this tour. Opening the show is Mick Turner of the Dirty Three, purveyor of heartbreaking atmospheric minimalism, and new local indie act the Lochs, featuring current and former members of the Old Sweethearts and the Sleeping Kings of Iona.

Wednesday, January 30 at 9pm. Soundlab, 110 Pearl St. (www.bigorbitgallery.org/soundlab). $10