October 20, 2009 8pm
The Summit
2210 Summit St.
(614) 268-9377
$5 adv / $7 door
Ages 18+ - under 21 pays $2 surcharge at door
Generationals
http://myspace.com/generationals
Formed in 2008 by ex-Eames Era guitarists/songwriters Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, New Orleans-based indie pop outfit Generationals craft hook-filled indie pop that draws liberally from rock and pop’s ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s heydays, while maintaining enough modern sensibilities to remain relevant in the MP3 age. Like their Park the Van contemporaries Dr. Dog, Spinto Band, and Capitol Years, Generationals’ lo-fi recording techniques are buffered by their advanced musical chops, resulting in a clever new take on sugar pop psychedelia. The band’s Park the Van debut, Con Law, arrived on July 21, 2009. - ©1992-2009 All Media Guide, LLC
Elsinore
http://www.myspace.com/elsinoremusic
Champaign, Illinois’ Elsinore opened the show with a pretty flawless set of power-pop and space-rock. Singer Ryan Groff has a faultless falsetto and hair-metal pipes, and he puts them to good use on his band’s kinetic, catchy songs. I already had him pegged as a less-mousy Ben Gibbard, and the balls-out cover of the Postal Service’s “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” sealed the deal. Elsinore just wrapped up the recording of its next disc Yes Yes Yes, and if the dance-heavy title track is any indication, it should be stellar. - Christian Schaeffer, http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com