So you've heard the news that it's a mod mod world, but have you heard it's also the year of Sharp Pins? The latest pop sensations direct from Chicago. Things have been moving fast for Kai Slater's brainchild from the teenage bedroom daydreams to a full-fledged rock 'n' roll happening. With the latest LP Balloon Balloon Balloon , Slater delivers 21 technicolor blasts of pop reverie that sounds like a transistor radio cutting across decades. You get a mod snap that brings to m

Sharp Pins, the songwriting vehicle for Chicago native and pop noisemaker Kai Slater, (guitarist-vocalist of Lifeguard, publisher of...