Show preview: Entrance Band, The Mumlers, honey.moon.tree., Golden Animals @ Cafe Du Nord, Wednesday 2/27

Judging from Noise Pop previews I've spotted so far, it'll be a challenge to find in-depth coverage of shows that don't involve Hollywood actresses or snarky NYC singers. Wednesday's lineup at the Cafe Du Nord may be filled with less prominent artists, but its unique array of the folky and the freaky show it's equally deserving of buzz, or discussion, or whatever you want to call it. You've got L.A. psychedelic blues act The Entrance Band as headliners, who've obviously time-jumped from a hard rock show housed in a 1960s drug den. Totally loud, totally far out, filled with unpretentious, unwanky guitar solos and a rocking sound to which you'll happily headbang along. Plus, they've got Paz Lenchantin, from A Perfect Circle among other wondrous associations, on bass duty. May the force be with them. Groovy, groovy, jazzy, folky San Jose act The Mumlers, who just released debut full-length Thickets and Stitches, somehow manage to ride smoothly down a loosely graveled road of genres, quite a feat for a band that crowds the stage with seven musicians. Singer Will Sprott drives the sound with soul and then some, as melancholy instrumentation completes the spectacle. Sounds like a party to me. Check out the stellarly-named honey.moon.tree., San Francisco freak-folky guys prone to jamming sad Americana tunes on an assortment of acoustic and percussive instruments. Expect heartfelt vocals, offbeat lyrics and plenty of quirks coalescing into a dark sound that's firmly removed from the present time and place. Late addition openers Golden Animals are, according to their MySpace page, from the desert, an interesting locale to spawn a band so thoroughly drenched in Southern blues. While their man-guitarist/woman-drummer makeup and blues focus may scream "White Stripes," their look and sound is more of a throwback to traditional '60s rock adaptations. So if you're down, get to the Cafe Du Nord around 9 p.m. Wednesday, with $14 and an ID that says you're 21+, yum.