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Named after the fictional skyscraper that was the setting for Bruce Willis' first Die Hard movie, Nakatomi Plaza are a melodic post-hardcore trio from Brooklyn whose music fuses the calming drones of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine with the aggression and whiplash dynamics of Fugazi and its many followers. Through its many lineup changes, the band's sole constant has been singer/songwriter and guitarist Oscar Rodriguez, a native of the Providence, RI, suburb of Warwick with a lyrical sense focused on themes of social injustice. Rodriguez formed Nakatomi Plaza in Providence in 1998 with an initial lineup of himself, guitarist Matt Galek, bassist Meredith Donnelly, and drummer Liam Hurley. By the following year, Donnelly was replaced by bassist Al Fair, whose feminine counterpoint vocals quickly became one of the band's sonic trademarks. This lineup released the first Nakatomi Plaza album, By Chester Copperpot, but by the time of its follow-up, the band had slimmed to a trio with G...