Honestly, there's absolutely nothing that links San Francisco based Or, The Whale to Brooklyn. They mostly play in California and nearby states. But I was quite impressed when I saw them about six weeks ago at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin. Not only does this seven person group have terrific songs, there is a wonderful, joyful energy when they play. There's a new album in the works and who knows, one day they may end up playing in Brooklyn. There are a bunch of videos of them floating out there, but this one shows what they look like on stage the best.

You literary-minded types will recognize that their name is the subtitle of Moby Dick. The rest of you now know that too.

–Eliot Wagner