Monday 02.01.10: Viva Radio presents – Monday Night Residency – PRINCETON / 60 WATT KID / ACTIVE CHILD / TS AND THE PAST HAUNTS

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But Princeton — Jesse and Matt Kivel, soft-cheeked identical twins who trade off guitar and bass, as well as lead vocals; the keyboardist Ben Usen; and the drummer David Kitz — isn’t nearly as uppity as its reference points, or its colleagues. The band’s debut album, “Cocoon of Love” (Kanine), which will be released this month, is charming and frisky, with touches of the Cure and Leonard Cohen, and even some shoegaze pop. And onstage, the band was improbably tender, even a bit naïve, undercutting its lyrical hauteur at almost every turn. – NY Times

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TS And The Past Haunts

8:30pm / FREE / 21+