Eight Gigs: Avaleya & the Glitter Hawks

Indie twee pop fans, rejoice: it's a homecoming of sorts for former Crash and Britany member Kelly Slusher. Currently living in Portland, she returns to Sacramento to play with her latest band Avaleya & the Glitterhawks. The band features Rocketship bandmates Jim Rivas and Verna Brock and the sound is as sweet and lovely as one would expect with charming beats and dulcet vocals. The sound recalls the perfection of mid-to-late '90s indie pop but updates it with a slight electronica twist. In other words the sound is inarguably nostalgic but never pointlessly so. Portland's A Certain Smile is also on the bill. 1001 R Street, http://avaleya.bandcamp.com.