The unabashed plug: Action Painters

Cue the wiki:

Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist.

A comparison is often drawn between the American action painting and the French tachisme.

Fade in bio excerpts:

2006… Tom Haslow (guitar/vox)… Amit Wehle (drums)… Allison Zatarain (keys)… began rehearsing in a frigid Brooklyn basement… Joe Hankin [guitar]… Ray Heekin(bass).

[B]listering, irresistible tunes carried by Haslow's confident, Verlainian tenor, groove-punk rhythms, soaring choruses and deadly hooks.... art rock for the masses, pop you can love the morning after, played by art school nerds who grew up cool.

Their 2007 debut, Chubby Dancer, is solid all the way through, at times wearing post-punk influences shamelessly well, at others shedding them and showing off an original brand of sunny guitar pop that might have lingered and transformed in the night.

It's a sound that should resonate perfectly in the walls of the Southside's Lava Lounge, where they’re playing Thursday night with Triggers. You should go.

Meanwhile, download their new 3-song EP, Lay That Cable, at the band’s website or on iTunes.