Prince Rama

The fact that Prince Rama are signed to Animal Collective's record label is enough to either attract or turn off a lot of music fans. Sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson, plus Taraka’s ex-boyfriend Michael Collins, met on a Krishna farm outside of Gainesville, Florida, where the Larsons’ parents settled in the ‘60s. Their music retains a freaky-hippie vibe, from repetitive Sanskrit chants to tribal drumming to billowing synth plumes. There’s also an omnipresent sense of ritualistic exultation. Taraka sings with a willowy Eastern trill that’s often more about intonation than words. The approach is both authentic and mesmerizing. The band's songs tend to work slow dramatic builds, but they spiral up an epic tower, unlocking increasingly vertiginous doors of perception. Last year's Trust Now displays an intoxicating expansiveness that recalls Gang Gang Dance, as synths swirl throughout, spewing hydraulic fluid from the wound and slinking through a hypnotic hall of marching toms and crashing cymbals. With Psychic Ills and Prostitutes. 7 p.m. Tickets: $8. – Chris Parker