Much like Diana was to Wonder Woman and Clark Kent to Superman, Valerie Poxleitner is to Lights. Legally changing her name to fit what she felt was her true musical identity, Lights isn’t just another performer, but a superhero. With an MTV show dedicated to her alter ego’s honor and a hot album, The Listening, villains beware; this quirky, Canadian, Juno-winning caped crusader might just kick your ass with her keytar, if she wasn’t just so damn happy right now.

“I would personally not play than to have people sitting there quietly judging me,” asserts Dan Boeckner, one half of the effervescent duo, the Handsome Furs. There is a brief pause, and he smiles. “Maybe it’s because I’m not really good at playing guitar.” Boeckner, and his counterpart, Alexei Perry are a driving force to be reckoned with. They have strong feelings of how a band should comport themselves, and holier-than-though temperament and ostentatious judgment isn’t talent.