We're Sure We Won't Be Underwhelmed

When we were in high school, there was some pretty bad music being produced: Britney Spears and boy bands and Creed (shudder). We'd decided that mainstream American music was pretty much the root of all evil. (True: our CD collection boasts a mix we burned that's actually called "Mainstream American Music is the Root of All Evil.") That's when we first started listening to indie rock. Bands on small labels or releasing their own music. Innovative recording techniques, usually the result of albums being made in someone's tile bathroom or padded-walled basement. Harmonies that evoked the 1960s. That's when we discovered Sloan. As soon as we heard the opening of their song "The Other Man," off of their 2002 record Pretty Together, we were more or less hooked on this Torontonian indie-pop quartet. (Admittedly, we're late adopters: Sloan has been performing together since the early 90s.)

Over the years, they've been nothing if not consistent, and we can't help but dig their music whenever we hear it—we're a sucker for a good harmony, among other things. And lucky us, Sloan is bringing that harmony to the World Cafe Live tomorrow night, along with opening act Small Sins, whose indie electropop sound we've been digging since we opened the band's website—they seem like a perfect compliment to Sloan's sound.

Y-Rock on XPN Welcomes Sloan with Small Sins
Saturday, May 12, 2007, Doors at 6PM, show at 7:30PM
World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut)
Tickets: $15 + $5 processing fee*
*Save money! Processing fee is only $1 when you purchase with CASH at the box office BEFORE day of show!