Latest band top be denied a gig at Hamilton’s due top a perceived drug- related band name: Hypostylus.

“They hear hypo and think hypodermic needle,” says self-described “science geek” bandleader Marsh, who insists he wasn’t trying to cause any trouble. “First of all, a hypodermic needle doesn’t necessarily have illegal drugs in it. Second, I got Hypostylus from the Latin name for a prehistoric horse.

Indeed, hypostylus the bands sounds remarkably like a prehistoric horse. Do the field work and discover for yourself Sunday night. It’s a grunting, trotting, branch-swinging kind of thing, not the pristine electronica you might expect from a science whiz. “Anthropology’s messy,” Marsh postulates. “So is my band. But,” he winks, “we’ve calculated it all out cleverly in advance.” Also on the bill: The Othnielia Wrecks and Archie & the Op Tricks.

Hustling at Hamilton’s, same night: The Bone Urges and The Ray Darts, whose new song “Middle Awash” is taking them in a whole new direction. Write more originals, guys!… D’ollaire’s gets all sensitive and dark with the supposed cutting-edge capers of The Anceps and The Robert Brooms, but it all still sounds like fossilized hard rock to us…