Music Tonight: Mississippi Indie Rock group Colour Revolt plays Covington's Mad Hatter tonight. Local Indie band Pomegranates open things up along with Empires (an MPMF.11 favorite) and Department Store Alligator also supporting. Colour Revolt's relatively brief history is a lesson in endurance despite personal/professional obstacles. After a few self-released efforts and name changes, the band set about recording a self-titled EP in 2005, but plans were sidetracked by Hurricane Katrina. They managed to record the EP eventually and it was worth the hassle; the release helped the band earn an opening slot on the road with Brand New and caught the attention of Interscope Records, which re-released the EP on its sub-imprint, Tiny Evil. The Interscope deal didn't last, but the band found themselves signed to the well-respected indie Fat Possum for its 2008 release, Plunder, Beg and Curse. Unsatisfied with Fat Possum's support, the group decided to launch its own label, New Fear, which teamed with their manager's label (the large indie Dualtone) to release The Cradle last year. Check out this clip of Colour Revolt performing the album's title track:

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