Tonight there is a terrific lineup at Santos Party House, featuring Arbouretum, Pontiak and Coconuts.

Baltimore's Arbouretum plays psychedelic folk rock that draws from both British folk leaders like Fairport Convention and the more recent American musical threads carried by the likes of Will Oldham. Frontman David Heumann has even been a frequent member of Oldham's band and also played with Anomoanon and Cass McCombs.

Pontiak is a trio of brothers hailing from Virginia, where they've produced quite an awesome collection of albums over the past few years. The most recent is Living, which came out on Thrill Jockey last week. Here's a quote from Julian Cope, author of the superb books Krautrocksampler and Japrockersampler, on Pontiak:

"I’ve also been vibing on SUN ON SUN by three-piece post-stoner nutters Pontiak, whose ominous, portentous music straddles a wide sonic rift valley, with references that stretch from the southern latitudes of Spain’s Viaje A800 to the northern majesty of Black Sabbath and Harvey Milk via the Doors. From their bizarre names (drummer Zain Jackson Carney, guitarist Van Champlin Carney, organist Jennings Ingham Carney fer Chrissakes), Pontiak are either space aliens or Mormons (what’s the diff?), which is probably why their music sounds as though it were filtered through deep space."

Coconuts is Jordan Redaeli, Tim Evans and Daniel Mitha. You can download their self-titled cassette for free here.

Arbouretum - "Down by the Fall Line":

Pontiak - "Second Sun/Beach":

Pontiak - "Laywayed":