Scene and Heard

Cults and friends at Mercury Lounge

Photos by Sarahana » Six-piece sugar pop group, Cults, fronted by a long-haired pixie who clutched her one-piece dress the whole time, claim to be from New York City. My sources tell me they arrived on earth to lure us all into the impending doom, in which the sun expands to swallow our planet before losing its glow and going mad.

Text by Sarahana
Posted on August 16, 2010

Cults

Cults perform at Mercury Lounge

Mercury Lounge Bar

Cults perform at Mercury Lounge

We Barbarians perform at Mercury Lounge

Laura Stevenson and the Cans perform at Mercury Lounge

Maps and Atlases perform at Mercury Lounge

Audience at Mercury Lounge

Maps and Atlases perform at Mercury Lounge

Drinks corner at Mercury Lounge

Opening the show were We Barbarians, who are from California. Whether owing to the front man's bouncy moves or the West Coast air, I'm tempted to christen their sound California Bouncy Bubble Rage rock, in which the Californian rage does not, by any means, surpass the foul temperament of an everyday person on the New York City subway.

Laura Stevenson and the Cans played second. I have no idea how Laura convinced Thom Yorke to play guitar for her band. That aside, seeing an accordion and a trumpet on stage may prompt you to cover your face as a precautionary defense against indie rock multi-instrumentalist shame, but Laura's elf-like nasal voice makes a difference.

Maps and Atlases were the headliners. Having never seen them before, I've decided to call them Cave-Daddy Rock, in which hippie daddies raise toddlers in caves amongst cubs when not touring.

Download "Go Outside" by Cults.

Mercury Lounge August 12, 2010.