Familiarize Yourself

Alright, we all know Natalie Portman’s shaved head. Yeah? But do you know Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head? Hm… If not, here’s the skinny: they’re another one of those awesome little Seattle based indie/dance bands. Apparently founding members Luke Smith & Shaun Libman formed the band around 2005 to get girlfriends (as according to the ever so reliable wikipedia).  Which, yeah seems like a typical boy move.

But their music is anything but typical with songs about Sophisticated Side Ponytails and Beard Lust (unofficial video), these guys have danceability and catchiness down and manage to avoid complete predictability, even though this sound is nothing new. They later rounded out the group adding three more members, Claire England, David Price and Liam Downey, Jr and began work on 2008′s Glistening Pleasure.

They are by far my favorite discovery of the week. And I couldn’t be more thrilled about them and their stellar sound. They came into my life just days ago when I won tickets to see Ida Maria, who unfortunately had to cancel her show at The Metro this weekend. Luckily these guys picked up where she left off and disappointment aside I’m totally stoked to see these guys live! Check them out Saturday for $17.50, doors at 6:30 PM.

Oh, and bring your dancing shoes.