TONIGHT: Gold Motel @ North Star

The five-piece is based in Chicago, but they might as well be California born and raised.

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TONIGHT: Gold Motel @ North Star

POSTED: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Music Show

If you need a pick-me-up, put your faith in Gold Motel. The five-piece is based in Chicago, but they might as well be California born and raised. Their self-titled latest album (Good As Gold) carries an air of spontaneity with its sun-tinged choruses and sweltering hooks. Greta Morgan’s pained but dreamy vocals add an element of adolescent intensity, making Gold Motel sound as if it’s suspended in a very specific time and place. But even the band’s moodier tracks like “Brand New Kind of Blue” eschew nostalgia — this is a definitively forward-gazing album. It’s music that’s made with roadtrips and adventures in mind. Most importantly, it’s music that’s made with guitars: good, old-fashioned indie pop, no gimmicks. Put on your dancing shoes and forget about your ex.

7 p.m., $10, with Talain Rayne, Lucy Stone and Dark Black, North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 215-787-0488.

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