Crib Notes

With the ink still drying on their recently-signed, four-album deal with Virgin Records, the Constellations make a pit stop at the crib tonight before returning to their tour through the midwest and other spots on the map. A couple of people have asked me why the hell (!) the Constellations didn’t make CL’s recent Best of Atlanta issue. And it’s a valid question. The band shot out of the blocks since dropping Southern Gothic last year, and they’ve crafted a potent, unexpected indie-pop sound considering the cats that comprise the local supergroup of sorts, including members from Trances Arc and Snowden.

Expect tonight’s show to double as a homecoming celebration, featuring the premiere of the Constellations’ new video for “Perfect Day.” Special guests include Falcon Lords, Future Shock and Prince Presto. $10. 9 p.m. Sat., Oct. 10. Lenny’s, 486 Decatur St. 404-577-7721. www.lennysbar.com.

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COLD SWEAT AND A WARM PBR: Judi Chicago gets loose at Criminal Records’ National Record Day celebration. See more photos below.

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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.

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