Tonight's top show: Death Cab for Cutie at UIC Pavilion

Death Cab for Cutie: Now well into its second decade, the Seattle quartet continues to make reliably melodic, lyrically introspective albums, adding a twist of more densely textured atmosphere to its latest, "Codes and Keys" (Atlantic). 7:30 p.m. Thursday at UIC Pavilion, 525 S. Racine, $38.50; ticketmaster.com.

Greg Kot

August 20, 2011