Tuesday Happenings

Strings

-- Arnold Dreyblatt once released a CD called The Sound of One String, and, if single stringed instruments didn't get their start with Dreyblatt (the Japanese ichigenkin and the American diddley bow spring to mind as antecedents), he did give them an extreme makeover. But Dreyblatt has more than one string up his sleeve. A master of minimalism who constructs his instruments from scratch, tonight Dreyblatt leads an entire Orchestra of Excited Strings. Megafaun and Melissa St. Pierre open. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9 p.m. $9.

Skronks

-- Known for his stage make-up and his temper—he once kicked saxophone master Ken Vandermark out of his band—Weasel Walter still makes free noise death jazz like it is 1996. Playing in a quartet, with White Mice and Big Disappointments opening. Church, 69 Kilmarnock St., Fenway, 9 p.m.

Pop

-- Jackson Browne might still be running on empty, especially with gas prices these days. Join the long-running rock favorite at the Orpheum, 1 Hamilton Place, 7:30pm. (KS)

-- The Dandy Warhols will not pass out bananas as they play upbeat rock tonight. Featuring Darker My Love. Wilbur Theatre, 106 Boylston, 7:30pm. (KS)

Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.
Image of Arnold Dreyblatt from his website.