PEPPER'S GHOST TO PLAY THOMAS GREAT HALL

On Friday, February 4, at 8 p.m., the up-and-coming local band Pepper's Ghost will play a free concert for Bryn Mawr students in Thomas Great Hall.

Pepper's Ghost, named after an optical illusion used to create the impression of transparent people and objects on stage, is fronted by brothers Andy and Michael Montesano. Citing the Beatles and David Bowie as some of their major influences, the five band members have played together for five years. In that time, the band has independently recorded two LPs, Opening Night and Bang!, and is set to release the major-label album Shake the Hand that Shook the World this spring. The record is full of songs that haken back to an era when, as the band says, "rock always came with roll and music was fun." Jaimie Krems '06, who organized the event in collaboration with the Student Activities Office, says, "Pepper's Ghost is an awesome local band … They're mostly mellow rock with a little folk thrown in."

The newest album was produced by Andy Jones, who also produced the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street and Led Zepplin's IV. Bryn Mawr is the last stop for Pepper's Ghost before they embark on tour as the opening act for Ashlee Simpson.

Also performing on Friday night at Bryn Mawr: Washington Social Club, Racecar and Cereal Heroes. The satirical newspaper The Onion named Washington Social Club as one of the "best bands of 2004" on the basis of their debut album Catching Looks. Racecar, whom Krems describes as "rock[ing] with the hooks of the Strokes and the panache of Iggy Pop," have played openers for the popular indie band The Arcade Fire and will be back at Bryn Mawr in the spring to play Cambrian Row. Cereal Heroes, another local favorite from Philadelphia, are here with their friends Pepper's Ghost as well.

Check out www.peppersghost.net for more information, or contact Jaimie Krems at jkrems@brynmawr.edu.

— Allison Siegenthaler

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