MUSIC

Moon Hound / Elora / Trash Girl

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023
7:00 PM

Sundownstairs, Sundown Bar
68-38 Forest Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens

$12.71
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I’m Listing this for Moon Hound, and it’s almost a pure self-indulgence: they do the kind of trippy, druggy, baroque-inflected ‘60s Pop-Rock I couldn’t resist then and can’t resist now. Derivative throw-back? You bet — but I’m a sucker for what it derives from and throws back to. Elora is OK (a little too much singer-songwritery earnestness for me), but Trash Girl’s often quite listenable Bedroom Pop can get a bit twee when she simplifies her usually interesting and compelling arrangements (which makes me worry a little about her live show).

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The first thing to remember is that you’re in a bar in the downstairs of an excellent wine shop that takes its cocktails as seriously as the shop takes Natural wine. The second thing to remember is that you’re around the corner from stylish pan-Asian in homey surroundings at Porcelain.