Monday May 26 (10pm)
San Francisco has seen the cream of Japanese psychedelia's crop over the last few months: Boredoms, Acid Mothers Temple, and now Suishou no Fune have all hit town. SnF's dark, expansive version of Japan's consistently energized psych sound — presented with patience and prettiness on the recent Holy Mountain release Prayer for Chibi — skillfully evokes forebears like Les Rallizes Dénudés. They play with SF's own Oxbow, who have created an appealingly grotesque body of work that draws influences from the worlds of punk, metal, noise, and, yes, psychedelia. Locals Mi Ami open.
– Nicholas Nauman