THE DIRTY THREE @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL

Now for the “sweetness-sensing” part of the exam. You may raise and snap your pencils in half … now! They’ve done a cover of “Down By The River” that’s seven minutes of lyric-less feedback. Individually, they’ve worked with Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, and Will “Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy” Oldham. They have a “Dirty _____” style name with no “Harry” or “dozen.” They’re at Brighton Music Hall tonight. Broken stubs down. Let’s see your answers.

“Godzilla with a fittingly scaled-up guitar?”

Close, Reginald, but what we wanted was The Dirty Three. Yeah, three’s all you need.

[Fri 9.21.12. 158 Brighton Ave., Allston. 9pm/18+/$15. @Brighton_Music. brightonmusichall.com]