Born Ruffians are a trio of Toronto-based indie-rockers who released their debut full-length Red, Yellow & Blue on Warp Records in March of this year to much critical acclaim. Their standard get up of guitar/drums/bass produces surprisingly novel results. With the release of their infectious single “Hummingbird” this Ontario threesome have proved there’s nothing humdrum about them. (Excuse the pun.) And apparently they’re no Ivy League prissies, either, according to Stuart Berman of Pitchfork:

Born Ruffians are the Vampire Weekend you don’t have to fret over– all the witty wordplay and jingle-jangle joy, none of the nagging questions about Afro-pop appropriation and Ivy League privilege.

Read his entire review here. I’m too busy (lazy?) to write my own.

They’ve toured with Hot Chip, Peter Bjorn and John, and Caribou since releasing their debut EP in 2006, and they only have a handful of dates lined up. And they’re awesome enough to get Four Tet to remix their track “I Need A Life”, which you can check out on their myspace.

They’re playing Club Lambi tonight (Oct 30th) with Ruby Coast.

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