The Dirty Three

One of rock’s all-time best instrumental bands, with one of its wickedest violinists, Australian trio the Dirty Three is probably better known now for its members’ work outside the band than for their acclaimed albums of the ’90s and early ’00s: The maniacally bowing Warren Ellis plays with Nick Cave in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, while drummer Jim White and guitarist Mick Turner have backed Cat Power and PJ Harvey. They’ve issued their first D3 album in eight years, “Toward the Low Sun,” with orchestral noise-rock that can turn from beautiful to bloody in split, hair-raising seconds. Chris Riemenschneider