A self-described "garbage noise duet" and "cultural terrorist affinity group," Sparkle Girl range from sound collages and defiantly lo-fi field recordings to freeform compositions and hardcore electronics. This "decidedly non-academic, anti-hegemonic sonic circus of resentment" opens for the Blinding Light and head-exploding, operatic noise-rock mavens Hemingway. (Rendezvous, 2320 Second Ave, 441-5823. 10:30 pm, $5, 21+.)