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[INDIE] Call it shoegaze or noise-pop, but Rochester’s Secret Pizza sound more like themselves than anything else. Recently chosen as BuffaBLOG’s Album of the Week, the quartet’s new Nothing Needs to Happen somehow manages a balance between heady, swirling melodies and punishing instrumental clang. Combining material from prior releases with some new tracks, the disc provides an excellent snapshot of the band’s varying musical moods, from the assaultive “Anywhere,” to the hypnotic, echoy pop of “Faulting” and relatively meditative closer “Not About a Lover.” With drummer Giana Caliolo and guitarist Phil Shaw alternating vocal duties, two different personalities emerge, each with its own distinct rewards. Hear how it shakes down at Mohawk Place, Thursday, with Del Paxton, DIVORCE, Dead Lounge, and from Baltimore, Imaginary Hockey League.