Mercury Lounge

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Thu 5/15

$12

http://www.myspace.com/colourrevolt
http://colourrevolt.com
The indie rock band Colour Revolt was formed by five college students from Jackson and Oxford, MS: lead singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Jesse Coppenbarger; guitarist Jimmy Cajoleas; guitarist, keyboard player, and singer Sean Kirkpatrick; drummer and singer Len Clark; and bassist Drew Mellon. Formerly known as Fletcher, the band took its current name from Edwin Abbott's 19th century social commentary Flatland. Plans to record a debut EP in a friend's basement in Jackson were disrupted in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, which filled the space with evacuees; instead, the bandmates worked in the living room of the owner of the local Esperanza Plantation label, which eventually issued their self-titled disc on a small-scale basis in December 2005. Colour Revolt undertook a five-week national tour opening for Brand New in the summer of 2006. Tiny Evil, an imprint of Interscope Records, picked up the EP and gave it a national release on October 31, 2006. After moving to Fat Possum in 2007 (and after Patrick Addison replaced Drew Mellon on bass), the band released its first full-length album, Plunder, Beg and Curse, in April of 2008.
--by William Ruhlmann

http://www.myspace.com/theepochs
http://www.theepochs.com/
The Epochs -- pronounced to rhyme with "peacocks" -- were formed around brothers Ryan and Hays Holladay, who grew up in Virginia but moved to New York for college. Both musicians, they began playing and writing together seriously, quickly amassing a number of songs. By 2000 they had more than enough to compile an album, and three years later they self-released Ten Billion Light Years of Solitude, a record that was entirely recorded in their apartment. They spent the next few years handing out the album on the street and for free on their website, and playing as often as they could. Because their live show demanded more instruments than the two could handle together, the Holladays added bassist Kevin Smith, drummer Kotchy, and Aaron Reed to the band -- though Reed left soon after to pursue other opportunities -- with the brothers taking on the vocal, keyboards, and guitar duties. In 2005 the bandmembers moved out to Seattle, where they, thanks to their persistence, ended up being played on tastemaker radio station KEXP. In the fall of 2006, however, the Epochs decided to return to Brooklyn. They started performing around town again -- including gigs with Lady Sovereign and Datarock at the CMJ Music Marathons in 2006 and 2007 -- and were signed to The Rebel Group, which released their self-titled album in the winter of 2008.
--by Marisa Brown

http://www.myspace.com/whoisbell
"...music which is windswept and ambitious, but intensely personalized and spare..." --Stereogum

"SXSW 2008 *Must-See*" --Gorilla vs. Bear

"...Courage, conviction, and sensitivity. Bell's tunes are fluid, dynamic things -- there's always a strong core melody, but the shifting tones and structure around her voice emphasize a sense of physical movement, an alert mind, and emotions that exist entirely in the present tense of the piece. This is remarkably confident work for a new artist." --Fluxblog