DEAD MEADOW, SUBARACHNOID SPACE, REBEL DRONES
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Jeff Tweedy once stated that the 10-minute synthesizer drone at the end of Wilco’s “Less than You Think” was inspired by the sensation leading up to one of his crippling migraines. It also represented the foreboding unease preceding a panic attack, another affliction that plagued Tweedy. While local band SubArachnoid Space has little in common with the Chicago post-Americana outfit, they manage to expound upon the physical and mental anguish hinted at in Wilco’s drone exercise. But rather than merely allude to an impending bout of neurological disquiet, their caustic ballasts of nightmarish guitar howls and hallucinogenic live shows are the sonic equivalents of full-blown panic attacks and throbbing cranial pain. BRIAN COOK

That above video is just darkness, noise, and some brief glimpses of fierce headbanging. It’s kind of awesome.