Excellent show at the North Star Bar tonight headlined by The Pipettes, the sassy lasses from Brighton, England who tweak girl group conventions for neo-feminist fun. We come today not to praise the Pipettes though, but to shine a little light on Nicole Atkins, the nascent New Jerseyite who, like Beyonce, Robert DeNiro and Tina Fey, has her own (kinda hokey) American Express commercial. Atkins hails from Neptune, just south of Asbury Park on the Jersey shore, thus the title of her Columbia debut Neptune City, which blends '60s Brill Building songcraft with a touch of Twin Peaks spookiness. She writes dreamy pop songs that are soaring, sophisticated and full of longing. Atkins is at the North Star with her band The Sea in the middle slot of an early 7 p.m. all ages show. Monster Bobby, who also plays guitar with the Pipettes, goes on first.
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