TWIN SHADOW
Twin Shadow’s show tonight at Crocodile with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Seapony is 21+. But the joke is on the drinking-age crowd this time, since folks of all ages can catch an in-store set by this sensual, halfway-mordant synth phenom for free. Easy Street Records Queen Anne, 6 pm, free.
STARFUCKER, CHAMPAGNE CHAMPAGNE, LAND OF PINES
In Sergio Leone’s celebrated spaghetti-western trilogy with Clint Eastwood, the grizzled protagonist—ostensibly the same character in all three films—is known by a separate sobriquet in each. Portland groovester par excellence Joshua Hodges has Eastwood beat by a mile. Hodges (and friends) have collectively been known as Starfucker, PYRAMID, Pyramiddd, and are now back to calling themselves Starfucker, or STRFKR. What the band lacks in titular consistency it makes up for in immensely satisfying, energetic electronic music. They expect this show to sell out, so I’d hustle if you want in on the fun. Vera Project, 7:30 pm, $14/$13 with club card.
BRILLIANT COLORS, GUN OUTFIT,
M. WOMEN
Brilliant Colors are Slumberland signees who hail from the same talent-rich Bay Area circle as Nodzzz, Grass Widow, and others. Their take on late-20th-century Anglo pop is brutal and stuffed with high-volume crackle—imagine angelic melodies taken out back and roughed up a little before being loosed on a crowd. Brilliant Colors’ amps will swell and sigh with distorted decibels, and you’ll find yourself singing along, blithe and adrenalized. Also: Gun Outfit are already back in town! Righteous! Cairo, 8 pm, $5.
