All hail the return of the king! Beantown’s reigning garage-soul genius and 30-plus-year veteran of our basements and backyards RICK BERLIN is stomping through Brighton tonight with his righteously metal NICKEL AND DIME BAND to celebrate the CD release of their latest album, “Always On Insane,” released by our chums The Whitehaus Family Record. Ol’ Rick seems unstuck in time and more alive than ever as he closes in on two dozen records. His trademark croon has grown a little gruff and it suits the maturity of these tunes, which feature some of his most powerful and complex songwriting to date — and that definitely says something. He matches raw character-based songcraft in the vein of Tom Waits or Ray Charles with equal parts arena rock, Zappa-esque quirkiness, Paying their respects to the master tonight are two groups of totally rad youngbloods, OLD NEW ENGLAND WEATHER kickin’ out funk-folk nuggets of fun alongside the spacey guitar-laden psych pop pleasures of MOUNT PERU. Join us all in celebrating the long and lively career of the greatest songwriter you’ve never known! Scoot down to the Magic Room Gallery in Brighton tonight with $10 if you are lucky enough to be 21+ (bummer). Music starts at 8pm sharp, and don’t forget to dress as INSANE as we all know you are! FB EVENT