Tonight Seattle’s smartly dressed rockers The Cops celebrate the release of Free Electricity, a razor-sharp sophomore effort full of catchy, buzzy thrash, which they describe in part as “No fuss, no muss, no stupid hippie haircuts. No shit.” Hmmm, hippie haircuts. Wouldn’t that be an oxymoron? Pleasureboaters and the Whore Moans open.

Listen to a sample of The Cops’ “The Message.”

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Fri., Nov. 16, 9 p.m., 2007