Toronto trio BR, signed to Warp, proffer their chunky, stop-start, caffeine-jacked collegiate alt.pop, which aligns them vaguely with Pavement, The Shins and Vampire Weekend, as new album, 'Red, Yellow & Blue' attests. Indie sugar 'n' spice outfit support, whose chiming guitars and irregular rhythms are made infinitely more interesting by the talky vocals of Megan Thomas.

I consider myself a nice friendly guy (I occasionally wear pastel sweaters and help old ladies across the road). But I can be dangerous too, I once...