Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps

[SEE THESE OH SEES] Why should you be excited about the return of Thee Oh Sees to Portland? Just ask anyone who witnessed the San Francisco-based band at this year's Pickathon and watch them go all slack-jawed with wonder. Yes, this psych-garage quartet is just that good live, burning with sweaty intensity and pure joy. Don't knock the band's recorded material, either, especially its latest album, Putrifiers II (amazingly, the only full-length this prolific group has released in 2012), which adds Eastern drones, violins and tasty slower tempos to an already multicolored rock sound.