June 2- 8, 2005

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Hope for Agoldensummer

rock/pop

Sisters Claire and Page Campbell sing about God and heartbreak like they're drunk on their own glorious harmonies and have all the time in the world. If you're looking for a manifesto, you could hardly do better than to adopt the last lines of Hope for Agoldensummer's "Laying Down the Gun": "Instead of stopping our hearts we play music, because we're rock stars/ We come together and we work and we fall apart/ I play music because I'm in love with silence and sound/ Just like a machine I picked up my pen and wrote this medicine down." As the closing track on the Athens, Ga., quintet's self-released debut, I Bought a Heart Made of Art in the Deep, Deep South, it's a stunning summation of all that comes before. Their shows build on that sense of intimacy and immediacy; cellist Will Taylor is a grounding force as the others swap xylophones, guitars and stories.

Wed., June 8, 9 p.m., $7, with Midnight Grace and Sean Adamz, Pontiac Grille, 304 South St., 215-925-4053, www.pontiacgrille.com.

—M.J. Fine