Discovery Nite Feat. Meg Elsier, Proteins of Magic & Joiner
The Blue Room at Third Man Records
Fri, Aug 18, 2023 8:00pm
To-Go Records’ recurring local-music showcase heads back to The Blue Room at Third Man Records this week, bringing several perspectives on emotionally complex rock and pop. Meg Elsier hasn’t released a ton of music yet — indeed, if you haven’t seen one of her shows around town, then all you’ve likely heard from her is a live-performance video of her song “Meaning of Life,” a pensive rocker about how the anxiety-inducing complications of living in a turbulent time seem to always find seams to seep through. She’s got a record titled Spittake on the way; chances are good you’ll hear some tunes from that Friday. Multi-instrumentalist Kelly Sherrod’s project Proteins of Magic blends cutting-edge experimental pop with eldritch folk elements and more. Her music is very much her own thing, but you might catch some reflections of artists as diverse as Björk, Enya and Sherrod’s fellow New Zealand-born singer Aldous Harding. Joiner, on the other hand, is more in the rocking vein of folks like Lucy Dacus, and they round out the bill right on the heels of their debut EP Hydrangea. Hear songs from it at The Blue Room, and join them on Aug. 23 for their release party at The East Room. 8 p.m. at The Blue Room at Third Man Records, 623 Seventh Ave. S. STEPHEN TRAGESER



















