Mercury Lounge

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Please note: All events are 21+ unless otherwise noted.

Thu 10/16

$10

http://www.myspace.com/wearethelittleones
http://www.wearethelittleones.com/
The Little Ones are comprised of Ian Moreno, Edward Nolan Reyes, Brian Reyes, Lee Ladouceur, and Greg Meyer. Coming together in Los Angeles in early 2006, the summery-sounding Little Ones wear their influences (the Beach Boys, the Zombies) on their sleeves while composing some of the brightest indie rock of the new millennium. They self-released their debut EP, Sing Song, that spring. That fall, the band landed a worldwide deal with Astralwerks -- Heavenly Recordings in the U.K. and Europe and Astralwerks in the Americas. A reissued version of Sing Song, which included a previously unavailable bonus track, arrived in October. - MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

http://www.myspace.com/anyamarina
http://www.anyamarina.com/
"I get weird songs in my head and putting pen to paper is kind of like a diuretic," Anya Marina says about why she writes songs. "If I didn't get them out, they would probably make my mind feel very bloated. And no girl likes to be bloated."

Perhaps that's why Marina's new album, Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II, feels like a skillful embodiment of that old storyteller's adage "less is more." The album is a tightly honed collection of winking pop gems and slyly sexy rock and roll that showcases this newcomer's deft melodic sensibility and wryly humorous lyrical point of view. As sassy and seductive as its title suggests, it's also keenly heartfelt, thanks to the intimacy of Marina's appealingly conversational vocal style and the personal nature of her lyrics, which Marina says chronicle a relationship. "I suppose it's about how you pick yourself up and dust yourself off after a break-up, and realize how fun it is to be on your own again--that all the negative stuff happened for a reason."

http://www.myspace.com/blackstrap001
"Steal My Horses And Run" the sophomore album from Stockholm 5-piece Blackstrap.
This is an album to fall in love with, to cherish and to tell all you're friends about. Its blissfully fucked up rock n roll drenched in fuzzed out guitars and atmospheric shared lead vocals from Jonatan Westh and Maria Lindén.