If you've misplaced your Ritalin or you need some sensory stimulation to prepare for a big test, consider tonights Los Campesinos! show at the Bottleneck in Lawrence. The exclamation-point-abusing Welsh band is bringing its bratty brand of indie art-punk to Lawrence with support from Titus Andronicus, who were featured this week in The Pitch.
Arts & Crafts picked up Campesinos' debut LP, Hold On Now, Youngster, presumably because it sports a stockpile of cathartic hooks as deep as those of label mates Broken Social Scene and Stars. Singers Gareth and Aleksandra Campesinos (Aww, how cute! They all have the same last names!) use their thick brogues to commandeer the miniscule spaces between chiming glockenspiels and sawing violins.
With seven members cheerleading the crowd and punk energy bursting at the twee-pop seams, Los Campesinos! figures to be worth a trip out into the tit-nipply night. - Richard Gintowt
MP3: Los Campesinos!, "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed," from We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Arts & Crafts)
MP3: Titus Andronicus, "Titus Andronicus," from The Airing of Grievances (XL)
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