Those who find shoegaze to be a total snoozer should check out Sleepy Eyes of Death, whose expansive set-up sends a gigantic, psychedelic wall of sound forth into the atmosphere. Sometimes, though, the band is a bit of a tease: when the music leaves shoegaze territory and wanders off on these downtempo, ambient tangents, it can undermine the big, booming climaxes that make the band sound so dynamic live. Fortunately, the cumulative effect is so trippy that even these brief departures are a small price to pay for the robotic, pulsing psychedelic madness that makes up the majority of SEOD’s catalog. The fog machines don’t hurt, either. With The Delta Mirror, Haunted Horses, Big Spiders Back. SARA BRICKNER
Sat., July 31, 9 p.m., 2010
