The Magic Magicians w/ Whysall Lane and M.C. Taylor
when: Mon 2.9 (9pm) where: Café Du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016) price: $7
When 764-HERO frontman John Atkins and Black Heart Procession percussionist Joe Plummer consolidate as the Magic Magicians, potent pop trumps the melancholia of their respective bands. Opener Richard Baluyut started all kinds of trouble with Versus and Flower, but now with the jangly guitar rock of Whysall Lane, he, along with former Jawbreaker Adam Pfahler and Mikel Delgado, has demonstrated his true worth. San Franciscan M.C. Taylor (Court & Spark's vocalist) fills the Americana troubadour quota of the evening, albeit in a nebulous, less Wilco- and more Byrds-like manner. (CT)
