Arrah & the Ferns - I've always wanted to write about a band from Muncie, Ind. Now, not only do I get to write "Muncie," I also get to say "that cute, banjolin-playing folk-pop outfit from Muncie, Ind., Arrah and the Ferns!" Promoting their 2006 release Evan Is A Vegan, Arrah and the Ferns bring their precocious pop to the Art Garage on Tuesday. With clanging keyboards, vociferous guitars and lyrics about MySpace girls, vegans and emo kids (you know, the stuff the kids are talking about these days), they are quite the whimsical wonder. Singer Arrah has a quirky kind of voice that lies somewhere between Joanna Newsom and Harriet Wheeler (from The Sundays), but with a decidedly cheerier disposition.
02.10.07