May 7, 2009, 8:00pm
Circus
1227 N. High Street
(614) 421-2998
$10 in advance / $12 at door
Ages 18+, under 21 pays $2 surcharge at door
Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos
http://www.myspace.com/margotandthenuclearsoandsos
The dreamy, bittersweet world of Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Richard Edwards, who formed the eight-piece indie rock collective in his native Indianapolis. Named after the Margot Tenenbaum character in Wes Anderson’s sophisticated comedy The Royal Tenenbaums, the band took root in 2004, when Edwards decided to flesh out his scenic chamber pop sound with help from Andy Fry (guitar), Jesse Lee (cello), Emily Watkins (piano), Hubert Glover (trumpet), Chris Fry (drums), Casey Tennis (drums/percussion), and Tyler Watkins (bass). The band’s debut album, The Dust of Retreat, was issued on the local independent label Standard Recording in Spring 2005. The picturesque, dozen-song set earned the band a loyal following, and in November 2005, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s signed with Artemis Records. A remixed and remastered version of The Dust of Retreat was released in March 2006, but a series of label acquisitions (Artemis bought V2, Virgin Records effectively absorbed the band, and Capitol merged with Virgin) convinced the band to partner with another company. They relocated to the Epic roster in October 2007 while working on their sophomore release. After tracking approximately 25 songs, however, the band clashed with Epic over which songs to include in the final product. Accordingly, two versions of the album were released: Animal!, a vinyl and digital release of the band’s preferred version, and Not Animal, a traditional CD release featuring those songs favored by the label. - ©1992-2009 All Media Guide, LLC
This is My Suitcase
http://www.myspace.com/thisismysuitcase
This Is My Suitcase is the music performed by five friends, scattered throughout their early twenties.
After one show, the owner of the venue approached This Is My Suitcase’s members and, unprovoked, offered this statement of support: “I appreciate what you do. I see a lot of bullshit here, but you guys aren’t bullshit. I can tell you’re actually for real.” This instance wraps up the band better than any biography or fact sheet could.
The band’s latest full length album, The Keys To Cat Heaven, is their best collection to date. They’re certain of it. Due in March of 2009, the self-produced and independently recorded album was mixed by Mike Green (the matches, paramore, the higher) and released by the fantastic (?) in 2009.
As for our new album:
if you are fed up with paying full price for albums that lack french horn featurettes and string quartets; if your record collection feels void of cat and ghost content, lyrically-speaking; if your album art collection feels incomplete without a cat ghost, literally-speaking; if you immediately need your body to build an immunity to a virulent swarm of dancing falsettos and flutes; if you have been digging for records that will highlight that you are both playful and witty; if you want an album that you can stream at an appropriate volume from your apartment window to prove to passer-bys that you are intelligent and ironic; if you have been looking for a solid album to rattle the tiles from your roof while you bang your head; if you wish that Sesame Street sing-alongs sounded more like old Flaming Lips albums; if you wish that new Flaming Lips albums sounded more like vintage Sesame street records, we have the album for you:
The Keys To Cat Heaven.
The actual influences behind This Is My Suitcase’s overdeveloped and unbalanced pop music aren’t terribly obvious through their songs; however, one week in particular, This Is My Suitcase was compared to all of the following: Queen, The Unicorns, Elliott Smith, Wilco, Ben Folds, Jellyfish, The Flaming Lips… needless to say, it was good week. This unlikely band of rabble-rousers offers their audiences uniquely high-energy performances for offensively low prices, leaving no customer unsatisfied and no frown unturned.
Everything, Now!
http://www.myspace.com/everythingnow
Like the Nuggets compilations of obscure garage rock bands from the ’60s and ’70s, Everything, Now! explores different territory on each track from their new record, managing to sound like — to use some less obscure bands as points of comparison — The Kinks, ? and the Mysterians, Procul Harum, The Who and The Bonzo Dog Band before they’re through. The thing about those collections is that rabid collectors sifted through a lot of dross to find songs with decent hooks and an ineffable (and irreproducible) energy. That E, N! can construct this kind of pastiche all by themselves and leave very few throwaways is all the more impressive. - http://www.nuvo.net/music/article/top-10-indiana-albums