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Here’s what U&Cs suggest for the evening:

Do Make Say Think, Apostle of Hustle
(Crocodile) With instrumental acts Mono playing the Croc earlier this week and Sleepy Eyes of Death playing the Sunset tonight, Do Make Say Think are in good company with their vibrant (mostly) wordless noise. Their latest, You, You’re a History in Rust, uses the moody components of shoegaze on songs “Bound to be That Way” and “Executioner Blues,” while incorporating an almost jubilant energy into the upbeat “The Universe!” It’s a little more Mogwai than Explosions in the Sky, with a technical aspect that usually builds into a glittery waterfall of sound. MEGAN SELING

David Kilgour, Euros Childs, Pseudosix
(High Dive) If you’re a fan of beautifully crafted alternative pop, David Kilgour’s name should ring a lovely bell. As the creative force behind the Clean, he left an indelible print on New Zealand’s burgeoning music scene—so much so that he was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit a few years back. His latest album, The Far Now, is a slightly folky, laidback affair full of gorgeously hazy, low-key gems that have been compared to Robyn Hitchcock. You don’t want to miss this rare appearance; Kilgour doesn’t get here often and that flight to Dunedin is a bitch. BARBARA MITCHELL

(Click here to read the review of the new Pseudosix CD in this week’s paper.)

Parts & Labor, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Welcome
(Sunset) Parts & Labor craft loud, abrasive explosions of sound, weird enough for them to be tagged “experimental,” a description that betrays some of their immediately accessible material. The drum-heavy tracks combine synthy effects with thrashing guitar, ending up aggro, but not angry; noisy, but not dissonant. Sleepy Eyes of Death adopt similar instrumentation, but create a different kind of visceral response, with an extra “band” member augmenting the musical output with colored lights, fog machines, and projected video. The music is a study in quiet-LOUD!-quiet, with 8-bit tones augmenting the guitars. For both bands, the live show is the medium to really “get” their output, with their releases acting merely as the Cliffs Notes for the full, sensory overload of seeing them onstage. DONTE PARKS