I know what you’re thinking, and yeah, the house genre label might bring to mind the oft-marred presumptions of egotistical DJs and gaudy mixes of too much bass drum and bad forms of dub. How refreshing it is then, to find a local project that suggests otherwise. Minneapolis’ The Histronic brings the dance via a three-member band that incorporates the house genre in a funky blend of progressive trance, hip hop, and jam-band rock. Drummer Stereo Adik lays the beat on more tastefully than one might expect, with equal parts acoustic kit and electronic effect, while Gill “The Escrooger” Finn carves tightly spun bass and synth groves around Kevin Dorsey, AKA West Fox’s sometimes poppy, sometimes spacey keyboard experiments. Having been together for less than a year, the project has already made considerable waves throughout the region, releasing a well-praised debut full length, gracing the stages of the area’s largest summer festivals, and sharing bill time with some big-time acts including EOTO, the Flaming Lips, Phil Lesh and Friends, and the one and only George Clinton and P-Funk. The Histronic splits time with fellow up-and-coming Minneapolis progressive-fusion rockers Sol Spectre at the Stones Throw for a WHYS Radio benefit show that promises to challenge any and all assumptions.

    WHYS Radio Benefit with The Histronic, Sol Spectre, and Downers Grove • Saturday, Nov. 22 • Stones Throw, 314 Eau Claire St. • 9pm • $5 donation • 21+ • (715) 831-WHYS • www.whys.org