As part of two larger international tours, Canadian critical darlings, Rock Plaza Central and Plants and Animals are teaming up for four US shows this May. You can catch both of these fantastic bands as their independent tours converge on May 18th at TT the Bear’s Place.
Rock Plaza Central burst onto the scene in 2006 with their independently-released and robotic-equine-themed debut, Are We Not Horses, which garnered lazy but understandable comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel and justifiably topped numerous end-of-year lists.
Plants and Animals are also enjoying a significant amount of recent hype centering around their excellent debut, Parc Avenue.
Hyper-compressed French house producer, Danger, has just started to emerge in recent months from beneath Justice’s cross-shaped shadow. Danger’s 20-minute debut EP, which is comprised of three original tracks and one remix, is one of 2007’s finest dance releases.
The Points North (formerly S Joe Hazelwood) are well known in the Boston area for their delicately elegant take on traditionally-routed indie folk. The newly renamed three-piece are slated start recording their sophomore release on analog tape this spring. Don’t miss these Grinding Tapes mainstays when they perform at The Q in Worcester, MA this Saturday.
Everyone’s favorite colonial-era prog-rock front man will be performing solo in Somerville tonight as part of his third solo US tour. If this is anything like his previous visits, Colin Meloy will perform stripped-down Decemberists tracks alongside covers and songs from other side projects at the intimate Somerville Theatre.
Canadian art-punk group, The Constantines will treat somewhere on the order of 300 Bostonians to their unique amalgam of Fugazi and Springsteen this Friday at TT the Bear’s Place. They’ll be drumming up support for their forthcoming album, Kensington Heights, which is due on Arts and Crafts tomorrow in Canada and two weeks later in America. Kensington Heights is their fourth album since their 2001 self-titled debut and their first for Arts and Crafts.
