Sound Team / Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / I Love Math

A rousing and inventive six-piece band from Austin, Texas, Sound Team is simply too unusual to nutshell in a sentence. But since that doesn't stop both relatives and critics from insisting Bill Baird do so, he sometimes takes a shot.

"The way I describe it is, we're basically a bunch of people who are into electronic music trying to play a Motown song," says Baird, who co-founded the band with Matt Oliver. Asked to name some of his favorite songwriters, Oliver's response suggests a similar dichotomy: he cites not just Harry Nilsson and Ray Davies, but also Kraftwerk's Ralf and Florian.

Information from the venue's website.