Nightbox

Pounding rhythms, soaring melodies, and a manic energy that sweeps up all in its path: Nightbox are not in the habit of taking prisoners. Canadian audiences be warned, you'll wear out your dancing shoes in a hurry now that the group Heineken Music dubbed "the next big Irish band" has brought its sonic assault to the land of the Maple Leaf.
This fresh-faced five piece met in the halls of secondary school in Dublin, Ireland, and were inspired to form a band by the "art-rock" movement that took the UK by storm early last decade. Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, the Killers- all these bands were seminal for the young musicians, but as Nightbox matured, the scope of their influences grew ever wider.
Now settled in Toronto, the band's sound has crystallized into a foot-stomping amalgam of punchy bass, chiming guitar, and dynamic synth, often girded with a four-to-the-floor kick drum. Lead singer Jake Bitove's melodies soar above the mix with an aplomb that belies his youth, and the band's