BOB MOSES'S EROTIC-CITY HOUSE TUNES
At first I thought, why is a 66-year-old jazz drummer playing a show at Barboza? But it turns out that Bob Moses is not the guy who kept time with luminaries like Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, Jack DeJohnette's Compost, and Tisziji Muñoz, but rather a young Canadian electronic duo. You'd think these cats would be SEO-savvy enough not to nick the name of a respected musical figure. Anyway, maple-leaf Bob Moses create "Music that will make you want to build a highway through a low-income neighborhood," according to their SoundCloud bio. Funny, but it's more accurate to say that Bob Moses won't wreck your 'hood's integrity as much as they'll set a sultry, smooth mood for you and your significant other to create erotic friction. Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance's understated croons glide over slow- and mid-tempo house rhythms in a manner that should please fans of Matthew Dear and Junior Boys. With Jus Moni and Luxe Canyon. Barboza, 8 pm, $12 adv, 21+.
WOLF EYES' NIGHT-BEFORE-HALLOWEEN HORRORSCAPES
Prolific-as-hell American noise lords Wolf Eyes tonight make their first Seattle appearance since 2010. They've always been fond of wrenching out diseased electronic tones sculpted to induce maximum terror, which makes this night-before-Halloween date well timed. The Michigan trio's most recent major release, No Answer: Lower Floors, might be its most subdued, but it still throbs with an ominous tension and portends hellish fates. It's a bummer that ex-Seattle producer Black Hat (aka Nelson Bean) moved back to Oakland, as he was one of the city's top purveyors of cerebral, noisy techno and dark ambient music. His latest release, the oneiric, abstract Dream Interlock (Digitalis), is actually one of his least abrasive and most Aphex-ian, but one suspects Wolf Eyes will bring out his belligerent side. With Great Falls and Furniture Worship. Kremwerk, 9 pm, $12 adv/$16 DOS, 21+.
GERMAN ELECTRO-HOUSE DUO DIGITALISM GO POP
These German electro-house Menschen are a tireless touring Maschine. Ismail Tüfekçi and Jens Moelle have been on their grind for a decade, originally pushing coked-out, extreme-frequency'd dance-floor bombs in the Ed Banger Records vein. With 2011's I Love You Dude, Digitalism turned toward a shinier, more pop-oriented production style and collaborated with the Strokes' Julian Casablancas; they must've received some bad advice. Their new single, "Wolves," is all tinkly and vapidly upbeat, with syrupy breakdowns and predictable dynamics, as if Digitalism are striving to bust into the bland mega-festival circuit. It's kind of surprising they're playing Crocodile and not Showbox SoDo or WaMu Theater. With Cuff Lynx. Crocodile, 8 pm, $20 adv, all ages. 
