TONIGHT: The New Pornographers' Kathryn Calder @ World Café Live

The New Pornographers' Kathryn Calder performs at World Café Live tonight with Bird of Youth.

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TONIGHT: The New Pornographers' Kathryn Calder @ World Café Live

POSTED: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 11:00 AM

The ultra-precious syrup-pop of Kathryn Calder (who you may know as Neko Case's replacement in The New Pornographers) performs at World Café Live tonight. Her album, Are You My Mother? — named after P.D. Eastman's classic children's book — is a disc full of could-be kids songs. This is not to say, however, that her solo debut is thematically immature. Recorded while attending to her ill mother, bursts of nostalgia show through the mild collection of mid-tempo folk-pop. But there's a thoroughly harmless consistency of sonic cuteness, which definitely complements her stage persona. If you're into whispery, Celtic-esque bubble gum tunes, you'll enjoy the never challenging but always endearing Calder.

Joining Calder is the more rocking but still gentle Bird of Youth, whose new album Defender was produced by Okkervil River's Will Sheff.

Tonight, 8 p.m., $15, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

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