L.A.-via-Oklahoma electro-pop outfit Shiny Toy Guns own a very specific slice of electro-pop-induced euphoria—they even got a Grammy nomination for writing the kind of songs specifically designed to make you feel like you’re about to overcome something in your own personal feel-good summer movie. After some recent internal tumult that saw them replace the singer that replaced their original singer with, well, their original singer—in other words, something of a return to their “classic” line-up—they put out an energetic third full-length, III, in 2012, which ably balanced high-energy pop anthems like “Speaking Japanese” with tragidorable slo-mo ballads like “Wait For Me.” So get ready to return to two years ago with this tour—it’s too soon for full-on nostalgia, but it’ll still feel familiar and fun.
Wed., Sept. 3, 8 p.m., 2014
