Death By Stars is a band I've come to love, as have many other Puget Sounders. Is it their funk pop, all jams and synth and boom-chika-boom?  Is it Cherry Danger, Patrick Galactic and Juan El Revelator's hypnotic voices, rolling around the bass lines and guitar licks, harmonizing into your very soul? Is it their stage presence and visual aids? Their airplay on NWCZ? I'm going to simply say it's their post-punk-rock-psychedelia that makes you DANCE. Whatever it is, it's sticky and it's sweet. This Friday, come experience Death By Stars live at The Harmon Tap Room with guests Battersea (SEA) and Souvenir Driver (PDX). "This night is all about the local love," says Galactic, "and there's gonna be a LOT of it!"

DEATH BY STARS, w/ Battersea, Souvenir Driver, 9 p.m., Harmon Tap Room, 204 St Helens Ave., Tacoma, $5, 253.212.2725