TONIGHT: Tame Impala @ Union Transfer is SOLD OUT

POSTED: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 3:00 PM

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But here's a little something on them anyway.

Influential as the Beatles obviously are, it’s truly rare to encounter a record that actually, legitimately sounds like them. Strictly speaking, Lonerism (Modular), the fantastically swirly second full-length by Perth, Australia’s Tame Impala, doesn’t either — they’d never issue an LP so relatively monolithic in sonic texture and coloration (that’s no knock; by any other measure it’s practically kaleidoscopic) — but it’s a remarkable facsimile of what might’ve emerged had the Fabs stuck it out through ’74 or so, dropped deep into a Floyd-ian trip, returned to their formative Germany to dig the nascent Krautrock/Kosmiche groove, retained Lennon on all lead vocals (Kevin Parker’s laconic, often-Leslie’d voice is a dead ringer) without sacrificing McCartney’s preternatural melodicism (in the bassline and everywhere else), and taught Ringo some killer slow-motion psych-funk fills.

Thu., Nov. 8, 8:30 p.m., $16-$18, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 215-232-2100, utphilly.com.

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