Brooklyn Band of the Week: Dimestore Scenario

How can we pass up a Brooklyn band whose new EP is called The Gowanus Sessions and that rehearses and records on Second Avenue at 15th Street? The band is Dimestore Scenario and lead singer Rachel Federman, whose vocals are alternatingly sweet and powerful, depending, says the band works "right in the heart of that great desolation." The Gowanus Sessions is being released on January 24 and the band will be playing at Southpaw along with Plaza Toros and Breaking the Silence. Doors at 8PM. As for The Gowanus Sessions, the five tracks are fun. Kickoff track Laila has a definite Belly-esque, Pixie-ish vibe. Return to Guatemala and Contenders have a more pop feel. Descent dips productively into the harder indie rock well and the concluding track, A Million Times at Least, is just flat-out pretty. The band has been through a bunch of personnel changes, but several years ago, Time Out New York wrote that Dimestore Scenario "sometimes reinvents pop." Check out Dimestore Scenario at their My Space page and their website.