Codeine, Rivulets

(Triple Door) See Sound Check, page 56, and Stranger Suggests, page 37.

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Jason Anderson, Bad Weather California, iji, Thousands

(Vera) See Underage, page 65.

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Mulherkar-Clausen Quintet

(Royal Room) Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and trombonist Andy Clausen recently created the Mulherkar-Clausen Quintet, an ensemble of young musicians. Mulherkar and Clausen both attend the prestigious Juilliard School in NYC, and studied music at Garfield High School and Roosevelt—Mulherkar at the former, Clausen at the latter. Both have won numerous awards and have about them the air of being the next generation of jazz talent. The main purpose of Mulherkar-Clausen Quintet is, during this summer, to perform their new material, which is in the vein of Wynton Marsalis's technically sound trad jazz. When autumn returns, the two will fly back to the Big Apple. CHARLES MUDEDE

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The Young Evils

(Easy Street Records Queen Anne) The Young Evils charmed their way into our hearts two years ago with optimistic pop songs and sweet harmonies. They were modern, and not too saccharine—a nice combination of the better sides of the city's growing folk scene. But since releasing their debut, Enchanted Chapel, the band has fallen in with a new crowd. Today's Young Evils have a little swagger. Now they're singing about dying and starting riots, and their new EP Foreign Spells (out today!) is a (gasp!) rock record. The instruments are plugged in, and there's even distortion! And it sounds fantastic. Remember the talent show scene in That Thing You Do! when Guy Patterson starts playing the song too fast, but suddenly it clicks with everyone, like, "Holy shit, we should've been playing this fast all along!"? Yeah, it's a lot like that. Tonight's Easy Street appearance is free, and they'll play a proper release party at Barboza on July 13. MEGAN SELING

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The End of the Ocean, Tuktu, Syas

(Comet) The End of the Ocean are an instrumental post-rock five-piece from Columbus, Ohio. If you are still reading this, you are probably into this kind of movie-soundtrack buildup/breakdown stuff, à la Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and will likely also enjoy the band's constant movements between blissful highs and morose lows. Their recently-released third full-length, In Excelsis, starts with clean-toned, slightly-delayed picked chords in "On Floating," builds up around them as the song progresses, and transitions into percussive power-chord rock as "Star-Crossed" begins. It's Post-Rock 101 material—all shiny and beautiful to some and just plain boring to others. MIKE RAMOS

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