“Full disclosure: Sleigh Bells have been one of my pet bands since their searing debut EP leaked from the 2009 CMJ Festival, and this live review of their set at Mr.Small’s Wednesday evening will probably be wildly biased as a result. If an indie-rock laboratory existed in a parallel universe somewhere and an engineer was capable of constructing a band perfectly tailored to make me smile and head-bang for hours on end, that band would probably bear an uncanny resemblance to Sleigh Bells. It’s downright stupid to play one of their songs like “Crown on the Ground” at a volume any lower than 11, and the Brooklyn natives’ sound is like a raging id managed by classic Brittney Spears: buzzsaw, stadium god guitars, chunky, shamelessly distorted synth and bass hits, and Alexis Krauss’s diamond sharp 90s pop vocals slicing the whole damn thing in half, song after song.” Review: Sleigh Bells at Mr. Small’s.