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The Reflectacles
Friday (May 21) at Stella Blues, Kihei; Saturday (May 22) at Charley’s, Paia
by Sierra Brown
May 20, 2010
Micah Nelson's problem is that he's into everything. And so is the band he's part of with Logan Metz, Lincoln Mendell, Gerry Hirschfeld, Devin McCartey and Chris Bullard: The Reflectacles. I asked him to "define" the band's style and received a list of bands he thinks they're kinda-sorta like: everything from The Beatles to Of Montreal to some guy at a show in Northridge's opinion: "If John Fogerty ate a bunch of acid." His favorite song to play? "That's impossible. That's like if I was a father of 10,000 children and you were asking me to choose between them..I'm sorry, I don't know if I could ever answer that." This crazily-prolific, all-over-the-place, pyschedelic folk-rolk band comes across as polished, alive and like they could provide the soundtrack to the best cross-country road trip of your life. This weekend, The Reflectacles are back from Cali, visiting Micah's childhood home, and are making the rounds at a couple of good spots. On Friday, they'll join Folk Uke at Stella Blues; on Saturday they'll be at Charley's with special guests, for a $20 cover charge. "So come and take a ride with me, I'll show you places far and wide…"
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