Siberian, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Ships

(Crocodile) Siberian released their debut full-length, With Me, last week so tonight’s show is a slightly delayed CD-release party, but luckily the album sparkles with guitars that twitter like stars and Finn Parnell’s romantic croon. It’s the epitome of indie rock, and live the band remain as crisp and clean as they are on record. Don’t be late to this one because Ships are a new band featuring Jacob Hoffman of the Lashes and Shane Berry and Garrett Lunceford of the recently divorced Divorce. Ships may have some of Seattle’s best power-pop songwriters behind them, but already the one song available suggests they’re going down a moodier, more experimental road. MEGAN SELING

Sunn O))), Jesu, Eluvium

(Neumo’s) Jesu’s Conqueror is a relentlessly deafening album, but the force behind the crushing waves of guitar is as informed by delicacy and sensitivity as it is angst. The distortion and effects swirl, swallowing listeners in their warm embrace, an envelopment enhanced by the repetitive song structure. Songs drone and plod along, pulling the listener more into themselves and the world of sounds being presented. Live, the band punish sound systems, with the setting giving the songs an added urgency despite the fact that the natural reaction is still more to gently sway and stare at the floor than to bounce around. It’s still rocking out, but you’re doing it with your mind more than your body. DONTE PARKS