On Sunday, May 3, at Sister (407 Central NW), brave a sonic séance starring The Soft Moon, Skull Katalog and Sleepdepth. The post-post-punk project of mystic Oakland musician Luis Vasquez, The Soft Moon covers a haunting range of genres and gyrations in its current incarnation. Sometimes psychedelic, often terrifying and altogether darkly and synthetically groovy in both discourse and execution, The Soft Moon’s range evokes performance art taken to the nth degree. Touring with Vasquez on his tripped-out trip is a dynamic rhythm section comprised of Matteo Salviato on bass and Matteo Vallicelli on drums.

Skull Katalog is the toothsome, noise-drenched brainchild of Big Easy beatmaker Griffin Pyn. The dude’s oeuvre works like manic, glitchy, seizure-inducing magic on human grey matter, and tuneage like “Pass the Furnace” is bitching and bombastic. Sleepdepth, Ehren Salazar's local electro project, starts things off with a sizzling, soulful and somnolent set; this is the stuff that dreams are made on. This 21-plus vision of nocturnes sans neckties requires a $10 ticket. Arrive at 7pm, and drift into a delicious delirium at 8pm—just as the first stars light up the evening sky. (August March)