Ponytail

Energy crisis? Don’t tell Ponytail—the four Baltimoreans have discovered something cleaner than oil and more powerful than nuclear, and they’re using it to make wickedly fun, blazingly melodic rock. Each song on Ice Cream Spiritual is like a rocket leaving a trail of precision riffs and drumbeats in its wake. But the key instrument is Molly Siegel’s voice: She finds a million and one wordless ways to portray wonder and bursting emotion, with a battery of trills, shrieks and chants.

Ponytail plays the After the Jump Festival at Music Hall of Williamsburg Sat, Jun 21, the Yard July 4 and Knitting Factory July 21.