Rubblebucket, Capyac [outside]

It’s a tale as old as time: Romantic partners form a band and, some time and success later, their relationship falls apart. Rubblebucket co-founders and co-frontpeople Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth explore their experience of this all-too-real trope on 2024’s Year of the Banana. The result is less “Silver Springs” (1997) and more … Rubblebucket. Using their art-pop palette of sprightly brass, shimmering strings, and toe-tapping keys, Traver and Toth create a danceable ode to honest resilience and creative friendship. They’re taking that energy on tour – buoyed by their 2010s classics – to bring audiences light-on-its-feet fun seasoned with nostalgia for the Aughts. – Caroline Drew