QRO brings its spotlight back to Brooklyn, with the hyper-smart, Aristotle-meets-Einstein, The Forms.
Name: The Forms
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Members: James Fowler, Alex Tween, Matt Walsh
Albums: Icarus (2003), The Forms (2007)
Has toured with: Arms, Cloud Cult, Death From Above 1979, Deerhunter, Denali, Elefant, Ford & Fitzroy, Frances, The Hold Steady, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Mason Proper, Minus The Bear, My Brightest Diamond, The National, OK Go, Pela, Pontiak, Q and not U, Shapes & Sizes, Takka Takka, Tulsa, Yeasayer, Wye Oak
Festivals played: NXNE (2004), Macrock (2004-2005), Pop Montreal (2004-2005), River-to-River/South Street Seaport Music Festival (2007), SXSW (2007 & 2009), CMJ (2004-2008), Dfest (2008), Pygmalion (2008)
If the band was an animal, they'd be: The Sphinx
Or if they were a food, they'd be: The wings of a Pegasus, roasted in the sun that brought down Icarus