The Stranger

If you haven't heard Seattle's Sleepy Eyes of Death by now, it's about time you get your dang ears on it. Moog, Korg, and Roland keyboards unify with high-altitude guitar work and vocoder-processed vocals on songs with names like "Data Grave" and "White Light, Collide" into your mind's stratosphere. Think the astral sound structures of France's M83 pulverized into stardust by thunderous live drumming. Onstage, the quartet plays at near earth-shifting volumes and blasts onlookers with what seems like a Milky Way's worth of smoke machine product. Earplugs and maybe a painter's mask are all the gear you need for this space travel. (Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW, 784-4880, 9:30 pm, $10, 21+) by Grant Brissey

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