No official announcements been made, but it appears that Portlands Starfucker is now going by STRFKR. At this point, Josh Hodges and co. seem to be changing their band name as frequently as Lindsay Lohan fails her drug tests. The more exciting news is that STRFKR recently signed a deal with Polyvinyl Records, the Chicago label home of the good-time electropop outfit they most resemble, Of Montreal. And STRFKRs new 7 single, released on vinyl just last week, is a further sign of promising progress. Julius is typically glittery and synth-happy, but with a fluid, slippery groove, smoother and more psychedelic than anything else theyve created. The band will release a full-length in early 2011, and if its as good as the single, some Of Montreal-caliber attention should deservedly follow. With Octopus Project, Strength. ERIN K. THOMPSON
Tue., Oct. 19, 8 p.m., 2010
