Former Meat Puppets tour-mates and recent Kill Rock Stars signees The Shaky Hands thumb their noses at the mania typical of the indie rock bands constantly manufacturing ways to come across as progressive and instead resort to the simplistic and straightforward guitar parts that gave us Tom Petty and the Strokes. Case in point: Nick Delffs spent a month and a half in India shortly before recording their latest album Let It Die and didn’t fill it with tabla and sitar flourishes.

The Shaky Hands - Allison And The Ancient Eyes

Fresh-faced indie rock locals Pompadour open with a dance-friendly set.