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Music
Tokyo Police Club

When

Monday Mar 24, 2008 (8pm)

Where
The Independent (628 Divisadero St, 415.771.1422)
Price
$18 / $16 advance
Details
http://independentsf.com/march2008.htm
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Neither Japanese nor particularly authoritarian, Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club are dabblers. They deftly blend angular Brit-pop guitars with indie-garage bass lines and poppy vocal harmonies to generate their own version of pepped-up rock, fronted by keyboardist Graham Wright. The retro-grandiose Eagle Seagull — fresh off a whirlwind of SXSW gigs — warm up the stage with melodic orchestral pop songs that are vaguely like a fuzzed-out version of the New Pornographers combined with the Cure. Moody, mysterious SoCal trio We Barbarians kick off the night with their stripped-down, melancholic oeuvre.

Connie Hwong