Lacona

A Chicago-based outfit specializing in '80s-tinged pop/rock, Lacona takes its sonic cues from the Cure, the Cars, and Radiohead. Guitarist/vocalist Geoff Dolce, keyboardist/vocalist Patrick Newbery, and drummer Andrew Grill founded the band in 2003, and the trio soon began touring Chicago's nightclub circuit. A series of early recordings helped the band establish a hometown audience, including a 2005 EP entitled Come On. The group's combination of apathetic lyrics, vocal harmonies, post-punk guitar muscle, and chilly keyboard atmospherics attracted the attention of bassist Jon...