Efterklang + Buke and Gass + Xylos + ArpLine

Efterklang takes the precision of prog rock and applies it to choral pop, with complex vocal arrangements and sumptuous orchestral textures. The band hits town to share sunny sounds from a recent CD, Magic Chairs. Buke and Gass's Riposte (Brassland) plays like the 2010 counterpart to Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca: It’s this year’s most exhilarating illustration of the way proggy ambition and indie-style rawness are commingling to create a new art-rock benchmark.