Of Montreal

Wed., Sept. 15, 9 p.m., $25-$28, with Janelle Monáe, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info/

by Brian Howard

[ rock/pop ]

If you wrote off Athens, Ga.'s Of Montreal back in their Kindercore days for being just too unbelievably freaking precious (guilty!), well, OK, they're still unabashedly affected. Their latest, False Priest (Polyvinyl), is either a wink and a nod to '70s flash or a genuine paean to the disco era. Kevin Barnes and co. crank out 13 songs packed full of danceable grooves, harmonized falsetto, swelling keyboards, jigga-jigga guitar and a song called, no joke, "Sex Karma."