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Truckasauras

Tea Parties, Guns & Valor

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These Pitchfork-approved Seattleites fiddle with synths, an 808 drum machine and a Game Boy to produce a texture to the 8-bit side of IDM—or maybe it’s the IDM side of 8-bit. Either way, tracks such as “Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets” and “Super Copter” are as fun as their names suggest, and should be even more so live.

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Truckasauras: Tea Parties, Guns & Valor
Three stars
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Truckasauras with Teenagers From Outerspace, Caused by the Sun, Kid Meets Cougar
January 23, 10 p.m.
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Beauty Bar, 598-1965.
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