Known for boundless experimentation but never losing their roots in rock and pop constraints, Gruff Rhys and his Cardiff compatriots Super Furry Animals have been at it for over a decade and haven’t rested a moment. Busting into the party just at the moment when Britpop was about to turn bitter, these Welshmen set themselves apart with an ability to sonically shapeshift and never repeat themselves, working in psych-rock, elaborate pop constructions, electronic experimentation and even entirely in their Cymraeg tongue—sometimes all once. SFA’s latest Hey Venus! (Rough Trade) marks a return to what Rhys calls “speaker-blowing” rock. Times New Viking offer a garage-glam synth and guitar strewn feast that is part Pavement-style slackitude and purposeful lo-fi carelessness, withjust enough of a nod to Velvet Underground bootlegs and Bowie conceited art rock. Their just released debut on Matador Records, Rip It Off , shows that as much as these homespun-recording Ohio noiseniks try to dirty up the proceedings, there’s a melodic prowess that never gets lost even in their noisiest, “taped on a ghetto box” numbers. Rounding out the evening is acclaimed NYC anti-folkster Jeffrey Lewis. Triple bills rarely get much richer than this one.

Monday, February 18 at 8pm. Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St. (852-2860/tralfmusichall.com). $15 presale

(box office, Ticketmaster) or $17 day of show