File under: the best things in life are free.

The summer is almost upon us, and you know what that means: free concerts! Anyone in the New York area can look forward to Celebrate Brooklyn, River to River, Siren Music Festival, and Pool Parties. Only the Celebrate Brooklyn calendar is up so far, but the others should be available shortly.

Syme is a small rock band from Bergen, Norway, and they’re trying their best to make an impact on their first tour in America. Their intricately layered music is part post rock, part shoegazer, part electronics, part Radiohead, part Sigur Ros, and part something completely original, even magical. They put on an immense show for a small amount of people, and did it all with clear, passionate talent.

Each band member had their own endearing quality. The lead singer/ keyboardist, Ketil Endresen, danced around with a kind of finesse previously only ever shown by Beck. Fredrik Vogsborg, the other lead singer/guitarist passionately sung through his thinly stringed long hair. The bassist, Ben Nerdal, who could easily pass as a Viking, perfectly pounded out a steady stream of bass lines. The drummer, Vidar Ingvaldsen, kept remarkably calm, even when he was beating those drums to death, and guitarist Eivind Waage timidly played with a boyish air.

The way every instrument and voice was carefully juxtaposed made for a very refreshing overall sound, and it helped that Syme played their beautiful music without pretentiousness. Syme is certainly a band to keep an eye on in the near future.