the (slight) return of the [pretend] king

for a guy who made his mark being all avante-garde and experimental in bands like carrierwave (with future american analog set and theater fire ppl), anne hand (with future underground railroad ppl), and ohm (with future yeti mastermind, the late doug ferguson), self-styled "bandwrecker" nathan brown has pert unusual tastes: he'll admit he digs billy ocean, f'rinstance. after reinventing himself as a cheerleading, occasionally drag-wearing and rafter-swinging prince / darryl hall simulacrum under the rubric nathan brown's r&b, playing grungy rawk with pretend king and low-budget electronica with ac identity, nathan decamped from the fort, first for brooklyn, thence to fort smith, arkansas, where he currently resides. he'll be back in the area this weekend, tho, playing at rubber gloves rehearsal studio on sunday and the wreck room on monday. his show is always surprising, and the fact that he's playing the little wreck room on halloween makes it almost too good to pass up.