Mercury Lounge

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Sun 4/6

$10

http://www.myspace.com/mericlong
http://www.dodosmusic.net/
"San Francisco-based singer/guitarist of psych-folk-pop duo Dodos hones the callings of free-spirited, unhinged acts like Animal Collective, the music he makes with drummer Logan Kroeber embodies a spirit of its own. Long's light, ephemeral finger play on the acoustic guitar is fast, warm and focused, resonating under his refined lyrical hopscotch... Add Kroeber's stomping tom-and-tambourine backbeat, which recalls the Velvet Underground's Moe Tucker, and that amounts to one shit-kicking good time." Houston Press

http://www.myspace.com/siljenes
Silje Nes is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who grew up in the small community of Leikanger on the banks of the stunningly scenic Sognefjord, before moving to the comparative metropolis that is Bergen. The natural beauty of her surroundings infuses her work. Songs are breezy when upbeat, rumbling like distant thunder when brooding, and beats land like drops of snowmelt. She began by recording onto her laptop no more than a couple of years ago, with no previous experience of any instrument other than piano - thus often stumbling across unconventional sounds.

http://www.myspace.com/overlordisnotmetal
Overlord is a five-piece indie rock outfit made up of sunny New York music non-scenesters coalescing around a bitter ex-patriot Philadelphian. Singer George Pasles, keyboardist Tris McCall, guitarist Kerry Kennedy, drummer Matt Houser and bassist Sarah Brockett provide catchy, upbeat pop songs about the suffocating banality of existence. Whether the latter is evident depends on the veracity of the P.A. system. Morrissey lawsuit pending. The Big Takeover calls it 'sheer genius.' Well, okay.