INDIE ROCKERS ILLUMINA TO PLAY SUNDAY

Illumina, a seven-piece combo that supplements its guitar, bass and drums with cello, violin, banjo, flute, accordion, toy xylophone, chimes and finger cymbals, among other instruments, is not your average rock band. The student-organized Bryn Mawr Concert Series will host a show by the indie ensemble this Sunday, Feb. 13, from 8 to 11:45 p.m. in Goodhart Music Room. Illumina will be accompanied by the rock foursome General Miggs. Tickets are free for Bryn Mawr students, faculty and staff and $5 for the general public.

The band is known for embellishing a modern sound with romantic — even Victorian — sonic ornamentation. In Illumnia compositions, a core of solid melody is surrounded by multiple layers of sound, from the delicate and subtle to the thunderous and bombastic.

Illumina's first album, Nightlight, was released last year to rave reviews. The record was mixed at Brooklyn's Studio G with musician-engineers Tony Maimone, who has laid down tracks for Pere Ubu, They Might Be Giants, Lucinda Williams and Frank Black, and Joel Hamilton who has worked on recordings by Sparklehorse, Ani Difranco and Propaghandi.

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