The June Umbrella

My sisters like this band, so do Joel and Chris Klein. We can trust these people. Natalie even wrote a killer poem that mentions the band.
Straight out of Eugene, these guys (and gal), play mellow indie-rock that's easy on the ears. The vocals are Gibbardesque and the guitars are clean and clear.

The June Umbrella-Van Gogh
The June Umbrella-Cold Snow
The June Umbrella-Harvest

Live at the Crystal

I saw Andrew Bird at the Crystal Ballroom on May 4th. Very impressive. He played reworked but recognizable interpretations of his songs using looped violin to fill out the sound and drive the rhythm. Here is a video from the concert of Bird performing "Why?" The crowd attempts to clap along to the lilting rhythm and it just doesn't work. He gets it the second time around. Notice the spinning double gramophone thing in the background. Very cool.