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The Mercury Lounge says:

Late Show The Ruse - 11:30

Honor By August - 10:30

Early Show Jones Street Station - 9:00

Red Directors - 8:00

THE RUSE, Jim Bilus (guitar), John Dauer (vocals), Jason Young (drums), Mark Stolze (bass), have been touring nationally for two years and have independently released two records. In early 2006 THE RUSE released their sophomore record 'Light In Motion' to rave reviews across several continents. MTV's reality show "The Hills" featured multiple songs. After having played over 90 shows throughout the US in support of 'Light In Motion' , the band is currently in the studio with producer Jorge Vivo working on the next record. *****************************

Led by 23-year-old Michael Pearsall, Honor By August has already shared an arena stage with Bon Jovi and had its music broadcast to millions of television viewers. Honor By August is a modern, melodic rock band focused on personal, powerful songs and dynamic live performances. Award-winning songwriting, a distinct voice and strong musicianship are a few reasons why HBA is a world-class band in the making. ************************

Jones Street Station are ready for their debut… Again. Though the simple grace of 2007’s Overcome extends to the band’s second effort, In Verses, “This is really our first record as five people coming from five different places,” explains singer and harmonica/accordion player Jonathan Hull. To wit, In Verses marks the studio debut of drummer Sam Rockwell, the emergence of four lead singers, and the addition of roadhouse rock and straight ahead pop to strains of Americana and soulful country-folk. The evolution of the group is, according to mandolinist and singer Danny Erker, due to fact that “Each member of this band is capable of fronting one on his own. We've each got different skills and tastes, so when we’re lucky, we wind up with a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts— it’s a beautiful show of strength in numbers.” This group of Brooklynites from Minnesota, Princeton, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ohio are indeed a quintet of fully-formed characters. Hull, for one, carries his harmonica in a gun belt for a reason—a note-nailing delivery that’s as jittery and disjointed as his personality. Then there’s Rockwell, a steam roller who can punish the drum set and play with lightness and touch; keyboardist/singer Jonathan Benedict (better known as JB), a skilled remixer/producer who’s twisted knobs on tracks for Rihanna, Yoko Ono and The Killers; bassist/singer Walt Wells, a “musician’s musician” and part-time ethnomusicologist with the chops to carry his own in everything from a soul revue to a Japanese string band; and Erker, a “craftsman” with a modified mandolin, plug-and-play banjo approach and honed singer-songwriter skills.

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After Leaving Polymer66 in 2000 and putting out a solo record in 2001, Trevor grabbed Matthew Churchill (guitar), Jon Doran (bass), and Spencer Potts (Drums) to form Echo Lane. Shortly after Jay Wert (guitar) joined the band Echo Lane appeared in Rolling Stone's January issue and headlined New York's Howl Festival. In 2003 Spencer left the band to pursue other "more corporate" dreams... as a result, after a brief stint with Matt Torrey behind the wheel, Joe Polacik entered the band and took over the drums. In 2005 Jay Wert left the band to be a grown up and start a family (it's ok... we love him anyway). Joe Mangan then entered the picture as a guitar player and did not actually play bass for Echo Lane until 2006 when Jon Doran left the band to dive into a fabulously successful film career. Drummer, Joe Polacik, left the band in 2009 to pursue his career as a production designer and to settle down with his new lovely wife, Val. This is when, as a group, they decided to reform and relaunch as Red Directors and have been rockin the crap out of clubs in NY as well as other venues up and down the east coast ever since. I guess good things come to those who stick around.