Stripped To The Roots

Waterloo/Going to the Sun

Judging from their forthcoming debut, Going to the Sun (release scheduled for the end of September), Waterloo may have found something in their intimate performances at the Sheldon Theater over the last few years. The band still has an assertive, pure rock & roll rhythm section, only now they're discovering how to fuse melodic and lyrical detail with all kinds of Murmur-esque tones, textures and pleasing noises, subtleties that invite close, reflective listening. It's probably been a year since Waterloo last played out; their Sheldon co-bill, with Nadine (7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24) should not be missed — Roy Kasten