Trances Arc’s masquerade
Friday, October 26th, 2007 
Believe it or not, I listen to local rock music other than the Black Lips and Deerhunter. One band that impressed me recently is Trances Arc, who nearly stole the show when it opened at the Whigs/Jason Isbell concert last Saturday, Oct. 20. The group’s recordings fall into the pop-rock category, but it plays hard and fast in concert, and gives a performance that can hardly be categorized as soft.
Today, Oct.26, the Trances Arc crew celebrates the release of a new disc, XOXOX, with a party at the Star Bar. Dubbed “Interstellar Masquerade,” the Halloween-themed costume party features guests such as Blake Dalton from Crossover Movement Arts, Three Dog Stevens and DJ Benji the Blender (aka Ben H. Allen of Gnarls Barkley/Constellations fame). But the evening’s MC, Whigs manager Josh Rifkind, will be worth the price of admission alone. Have you seen him tell jokes during his yearly Open Mic Madness? Dude is a laff riot.
