Here We Go Magic

Mon., Aug. 9, 9 p.m., $10, with The Powder Kegs, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by Patrick Rapa

rock/pop

It would be overstating it to say Here We Go Magic's new album has a "sedative" or "hypnotic" quality, but I'd put it on a road-music mix only under controlled circumstances. Pigeons (Secretly Canadian) is some of the gentlest, dreamiest boy-based indie pop out there. Even when the snare drum's chugging along at break-Twix speed, Luke Temple's moussey voice and those chiming synths keep your pulse slow and steady.