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It would seem that guy who used to book Brownies has taken over the notorious, sonically dreadful space on the Lower East where the three acts played tonight. It was an evening of impossible segues: a singer-songwriter, a “crime jazz” band and then Rawles Balls, who are a genre unto themselves. More about them later. Somehow, the bill worked tremendously well despite the disparity of the acts. The show was in the club’s upstairs room, a space not exactly renowned for its sound, but tonight it was actually adequate. Carolyn AlRoy had packed the house at Cake Shop about three weeks ago, so there wasn’t much of a crowd when she took the stage, early in the evening. Still, her beautifully resigned voice and her catchy, mostly major-key songs were resonant. As at Cake Shop, she played mostly new material, solo acoustic, including her biggest crowd-pleaser of the moment, Goner. [...]