Sick of Sarah, “Giving Up.” With such savvy promoters in the state, and with Connecticut still the most obvious stop-off between Boston and New York, it’s annoying to read the tour dates of such an intriguing band as Sick of Sarah and realize that their just-announced spring tour will be in two non-Boston Massachusetts cities and in New York state but not in Connecticut. I think we could use a look at a band like this—an alleged girl group that eschews the usual high-energy perkiness for a steady, breathy, dark pop sound. They seem to enjoy wrenching new sounds out of their instruments and otherwise seem thoughtful and experimental where other bands might just cluster around a mean hook.