In a Cave, the latest album from Elf Power (veteran members
of the Elephant 6 collective), is a seamless, fuzzed-out, indie-pop
gem. At times, that seamlessness threatens to turn into hypnotic
repetition, but Andrew Rieger’s lyrics about dreadful psychedelic
romances or precariously hopeful godlessness keep things
interesting. Elf Power are lesser gods in the E6
pantheon—not as crazy-genius as Neutral Milk Hotel, not as
cartoonishly pop as Apples in Stereo, nor as glamorously fey as Of
Montreal. But, by mortal standards, they’re still pretty freaking
great. (High Dive, 513 N 36th St, 632-0212. 8 pm, $10 adv/$12 DOS,
21+.)