Hailing from Austin, Texas, Crooked Bangs is a band that is quite adept at building expectations and smashing them. Initially reveling in the sounds of '60s garage and '70s punk, Crooked Bangs slowly folds in elements of post-punk. It's compelling enough, but then you hear the vocals of Leda Ginestra - rising through the din of riled up punk is the voice of a dispassionate Parisian, which recalls the sort of deadpan work of Nico. Most of the lyrics are in French. Once you see the video for "Evil Eye," it all clicks. Ginestra, wearing sunglasses, smoking cigarettes, standing in shadowy alcoves, a robbery, a betrayal, more cigarettes, surging guitars - Crooked Bangs are evoking all of the coolest elements of French revivalism and transporting them to the context of the American South, all to the tune of raging punk. It's an enticingly stylish mixture.

CROOKED BANGS, w/ Clayface and others, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710

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