Couple nights ago I went to a rad show at the Blackbird. The bands playing were Quix*o*tic, some singer-songwriter girl, and Beachwood Sparks. The first of these (Quix*o*tic) really blew my socks off, which is saying something considering the amount of hype I had heard about them. They are this wierd hybrid of 60′s-gothic-r&b-surf type stuff, and they end up sounding something like Portishead if they were into guitar riffs. I love it. Check their rad album Mortal Mirror. They even cover a Black Sabbath song! Beachwood Sparks are pretty rad too. So now you know, cuz I told you so.