Claiming to be from Brooklyn (but possibly from outer space), Kenny Young and the Eggplants play intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, super-powered frogs, and Martian garden gnomes. “They mix brainy, funny lyrics with a fine sense of what makes pop music wonderful.” — Dr. Demento. Their tunes can be heard on countless college radio shows and on the BBC; they won a coveted Herald Angel award at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.