Ladytron & The Faint & Crocodiles @ Variety Playhouse 4/18/09

Saturday, April 18 @ 8:30pm
Variety Playhouse - L5P
LADYTRON w/ The FAINT
with special guests Crocodiles

$25 advance / $27.50 day of show

Omaha, NE's THE FAINT have gone through countless changes in their relatively short career, but with each shift, they have made a distinct new impression and turned more and more heads. The group's early years were a mix of lo-fi pop and tongue-in-cheek easy listening with a touch of punk rock ideals borrowed from their early skateboarding days. Along with a prepubescent Bright Eyes and a recently formed Cursive, the band was one of the seeds that spawned the explosive Omaha scene as well as a flagship act for the highly regarded Saddle Creek Records. With each release, the band moved more and more away from their guitar rock past towards keyboard driven dance music. With an explosive live show featuring video and an intense stage presence, The Faint have become not only one of the best selling acts on the Saddle Creek label, but a top concert draw across the US.

Buzzy glam rock fashion plates LADYTRON came together in a jet-set miracle in mid-1998. Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu, who lurk in the background playing rhythm boxes and keyboards in the band, settled in Liverpool after a spate of DJ work in Japan and world travel, including a train trip in Bulgaria where they met vocalist Mira Aroyo. Helena Marnie, who also sings and plays keyboards for the group, also joined them and they began work on their first album 604. The release brought a wave of critical attention with writers extending into jubilant metaphor to describe the band's unique electronic pop sound.

CROCODILES are a two-piece from San Diego, USA formed in 2008 playing lo-fi new wave, featuring former members of The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. So far they have released a 7” on Zoo Music, and have two forthcoming split 7”s with a number of artists plus an LP entitled ‘Summer of Hate’.