The Airborne Toxic Event & The Calder Quartet

Formed by novelist/musician Mikel Jollett, the Airborne Toxic Event combine post-punk and literate indie rock with real literary cred. Emerging in 2008 with a lush synthesis of guitars, keyboards, and classical strings, the band found success with their sophomore effort, 2011's All at Once, which rose to the number 17 slot on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2020 the band issued their sixth LP, Hollywood Park, which served as the musical soundtrack to Jollett's memoir of the same name. Founded in 2006 by Mikel Jollett during a tumultuous period in his life -- he was born into ...