Trampled by Turtles, Lord Huron

They’re from the land of 10,000 lakes, a place so muggy and mosquito-filled in the summer and freezing in the winter, it’s a wonder anyone there ever leaves the house. Thankfully, Trampled By Turtles has left their Duluth, Minnesota, haven many times to bring their joyous, boot-stompin’ bluegrass/folk-rock to the rest of the world. After bypassing Spokane to play the Festival at Sandpoint last year, the five-piece comes to the Knitting Factory next week to share some of their string-heavy tunes (they still play mostly acoustic instruments). Their most recent album Wild Animals is quite a bit more introspective than their 2010 effort Palomino, which brought the band into the national spotlight with its scorching and high-flying tracks. But their wild energy will never fully go away.