Jamtronica

If we were a shittier newspaper, we’d crack open the lede of this writeup for Torontonian three-piece electro-jazz outfit The New Deal with something like “The New Deal … they’re kind of a Big Deal!” followed by high-fives and Anchorman quotes. Fortunately, we are not that newspaper. Here, we can just haul out some ironic meta-commentary, puff on our Parliaments and call it a day. Reader, you made the right choice. The jam band you’d get if all the folks who hated jam bands formed a jam band comes to Royale, belting out some serious cyborg-Count Basie sounds. [Thu. 2.3.11. 279 Tremont St., Boston. 617.338.7699. 7pm/18+/$22 adv, $25 dos. royaleboston.com]