Tonights show was originally booked at the tiny Capitol Hill vintage store Cairo, but pre-sale tickets sold at such a rapid pace that it was moved to Veras more accommodating space. A large part of the draw and excitement has to be credited to Abe Vigodas latest release, Crush, the L.A. quartets fourth full-length record. Crush finds the band having suddenly left behind the tropical punk quirk of their earlier releases and instead relying more on heavy, pressing synths, clipped drum machine beats, and frontman Michael Vidals shadowy vocals for a moody, but still pulsing and energetic sound. The albums first single, the excellent Throwing Shade, is flickering and skittish; its accompanying music video features glitter, eyeliner, and men crying. If youre thinking gothy Cure circa Disintegration, youre not far off the mark. Its melodrama that you can move to. With Wild Nothing, M. Women. ERIN K. THOMPSON
Sun., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., 2011
