Here We Go Magic at Emo's Tonight [Giveaway]

Here We Go Magic is led by singer/songwriter Luke Temple, who released two folk albums under his own name before recording Here We Go Magic's debut album at home on a four-track recorder. At the time, Temple was earning his keep by painting murals in wealthy New Yorkers' apartments, and his music has a kind of painterly, collage-like aspect.

That debut self-titled album, released last year, features Temple's dizzying tenor, stream-of-consciousness lyrical loops, swirling electronic textures and bedroom folk. The sum of these various parts is a kaleidoscopic pop sound that sounds out of left field. Here We Go Magic was a five-piece band by the time they recorded their second album, Pigeons, which came out in June on Secretly Canadian. The album is the logical extension of their kitchen-sink, panoramic sound, best exemplified by its first single, "Collector".

They'll play Emo's outside stage, with fellow Brooklynites Beach Fossils opening. With a name like that, you can probably guess that they play a summery, nostalgic brand of lo-fi guitar pop. The band made a splash (har) at this year's SXSW; their eponymous debut album is built on noodling, cleanly-picked guitar lines that will get stuck in your head for hours.