Apr 06, 2011 By Frank Valish

Reading Rainbow, the male-female lo-fi garage-rock duo, owes its name to the children’s television show where one-time Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton promotes reading to elementary school children. The Philadelphia-based band owes its sound more to the likes of popsmiths The Vaselines and current indie darlings Dum Dum Girls, with a pinch of good ol’ ‘60s melodies and harmonies thrown in for good measure. More