Be good to your ears and bring along the plugs for this triple bill. Pontiak, a brotherly three-piece from Virginia that's signed to Thrill Jockey, sludges out ’70s stoner rock in the vein of Black Sabbath. Similarly thunderous but more thoughtful and restrained is Lawrence’s Muscle Worship. Expo ’70, a project from Kansas Citian Justin Wright, is more partial to noisy electronic drones but it, too, is quite loud.
— David Hudnall