October 18, 2009 8pm
The Summit
2210 Summit St.
(614) 268-9377
$8 adv / $10 door
Ages 18+ - under 21 pay $2 surcharge at the door
Sunset Rubdown
http://myspace.com/absolutelysunset
Easily one of the busiest people in indie rock, vocalist/keyboardist Spencer Krug of the critically hailed Montreal band Wolf Parade (as well as part time Frog Eyes member) leads Sunset Rubdown, intended to be an additional outlet for Krug’s songwriting and slightly more experimental than Wolf Parade. Krug released the first Sunset Rubdown album, Snake’s Got a Leg, as a solo work in July 2005. It wasn’t long until he assembled a full band featuring Jordan Robson Cramer, Mike Doerkson, and former Pony Up! member Camilla Wynne Ingr. Following a self-titled EP, this lineup released Sunset Rubdown’s second long-player, Shut Up I Am Dreaming, in May 2006 on Absolutely Kosher. It was followed in 2007 by Random Spirit Lover. - ©1992-2009 All Media Guide, LLC
NewVillager
http://myspace.com/newvillager
NewVillager, who recently played with Brooklyn dream-weavers High Places, can be forgiven a little bravado– especially when it’s sort of justified. “Rich Doors” starts with clanging Hot 97 percussion and shape-shifting electronics, then drags the whole thing through drifting, effects-soaked translucence. The bright earworm of a melody reminds of nothing so much as (sorry) “Truly Madly Deeply”, but the production is, well, “rich” enough you can forget I ever said that. - Pitchfork