Know that feeling when a cloud passes over the sun on a bright day, and for a brief moment the mood gets all spooky and pensive? That will be the vibe tonight at Club Bohemia when Chui Wan anchors a bill filled both with hooks and brooding noise. Chui Wan hail all the way from Beijing, and if that isn’t reason enough to get out and support them, their poppy guitar leads snaking through puddles of reverb and dissonance should provide all the incentive you need. They’re supported by Magic Shoppe, purveyors of taut-yet-sprawling jams guaranteed to inspire wanderlust; the bruising guitar chug and sleek harmonies of locals Guillermo Sexo; and the hypnotic haze of Minneapolis’ Flavor Crystals. Forget all substances: the only thing you need to elevate your state of being with this lineup is your ears.

–Peter Steele