Just like one-time Athenians The B-52s, The Flowers of Evil chose to make their debut on Valentine's Day at a house party. While this isn't necessarily the soundtrack for cuddling with your sweetie, fans of minimalist experimentation and edgy folk will certainly coo with affection. Fowke describes his band's sound as featuring "sweet baritone croons and groans from the bottomless, deep, railroad tracks pumping pistons headed directly into some unsuspecting hell's mouth, angels being violently stripped of their wings and bittersweet laments of lost love…" Like the band's name suggests, there are elements here of twisted beauty - like you left your favorite folk cassette in the car during a sweltering summer day and returned to find the tunes warbled, warped and yet strangely more compelling than before. Get twisted yourself over at www.myspace.com/theevilofflowers.

Next show: Saturday, July 5 at Flicker Theatre & Bar