Hailing from Portland, Muscle and Marrow is the project of singer and guitarist Kira Clark. I want to emphasize those words: singer and guitarist. Muscle and Marrow is entirely concerned with the dance and interplay between Clark's tremulous voice and the fuzzy tones emitted from her guitar. The gauzy guitar makes a bed for Clark's simultaneously strong and vulnerable voice, which at times resembles Jeff Buckley's indelible, ghostly vibrato. These songs aren't light affairs; they tremble and lurch, cloaked in a foggy air that lends intrigue as much as it couches Clark's lyrics in a damp mood. On record, though, Clark is joined by Keith McGraw, whose drums lend some muscle and backbone, which helps to lift the songs up from their melancholy bend. Fans of Sharon Van Etten and Mt. Eerie will find much of interest here.

MUSCLE AND MARROW, w/ Rowhouse, guests, 8 p.m., The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, cover tba, 253.572.4020