Just got back from Sundance, full post on that later. For now wanted to mention a show tomorrow night in NYC.
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Fresh for the 09, a couple of friends of mine started a new band. They're called Cubic Zirconia. Their debut live performance is tomorrow night at the Studio of Webster Hall in NYC. We will be joined at 8pm by DJ sets from Wajeed, Link, and Daryl Palumbo (of Head Automatica). Here's the Q & A with Nick Hook, 1/3 of Cubic Zirconia:

M: Tell us about the members of Cubic Zirconia and who they are.
NH: CZ consists of tiombe lockhart on vocals, nick hook, and todd
weinstock. todd plays guitar, tiombe sings and i play keys and make
beats, but our roles switch and we help each other from the start to
end of every song.

M: Before you settled on the name Cubic Zirconia, did you have any other band names you were considering?
NH: We were thinking of calling it bazillipede

M: Your previous band (Men, Women and Children) was signed to Warner. Did that teach you stuff that you might want to do the same or differently with this new group?
NH: In short, i learned partly what NOT to do. A major can be good if you
have done significant work on an indie or have a fanbase of your own,
but if you are a new band where a structure of people actually have to
think on their own and determine a way for you to be heard it might
not be the best place to start. At the same time we were given the
opportunity to only focus on music for about 3 years, make a record
with a real budget, and have the chance to go on tour with some folks
that you could only dream about as a kid. As for the new band, i
kinda of want to go slow and just release some stuff slower,
single/vinyl based and not go in such an all or nothing

M: I know you've been rehearsing a good amount for this show. Have you changed your gear set-up from what you originally thought it might be?
NH: Trying to strip it down and keep it simple. Been keymapping and
sampling quite a few of my analog synths and putting them on a midi
keyboard, no amps on stage, we added an extra guy to do a utility
roll, play a little percussion, keys, vox...

M: sounds good, see you at the show, and... peep the flyer
(thanks to mike for the design)