Blue Gum Art
Thurs/28, Eagle Tavern

IF YOU'VE SEEN Blue Gum Art play on the local festival circuit – Mission Creek Music Festival, Clarion Alley Street Fair, Bernal Heights Festival on the Hill – or at area clubs, you know they play a mean game of musical chairs. Sure Tammy Fortin, Marina Lazzara, and Linda Moody each have an instrumental forte, but watching them pass the guitar, bass, and drumsticks around during a set brings new meaning to the term "power trio." Soulful and poppy, their songs are awash in jangling tremolo guitar, beautiful harmonies, unexpected builds, and get-stuck-in-the-head lyrics; even their la-la la-la's are memorable. Last fall they embarked on a U.S. tour in support of their self-titled, self-released debut album, which made the KZSU-FM charts. Thursday they play hot potato at San Francisco's most patriotic bar, the Eagle. Hope to hear "Burgundy Moon," "Meteor," and "Kris Cure," along with new tunes from their upcoming album. The Pre-Teens, Boy Skout, and Riva Hasko also play. 9 p.m., 398 12th St., S.F. $5. (415) 622-0880. (M.P. Klier)