Formed in 2006, The Airborne Toxic Event has quickly become the darling of its native Los Angeles.

The five-piece indie rock band, named after a section of the book White Noise by Don DeLillo, began with just one member, novelist Mikel Jollett. Bombarded with a fistful of bad news, he was inspired to turn his attention from writing prose to writing songs. Four band members later, Airborne had created a harmony of string instruments, keyboards and a standard rock lineup of guitar, drums, and bass.

The group played their first show in LA less than one month after it was fully formed. And in less than two years, the band has earned tons of positive attention from music lovers and press alike. In December 2006, Rolling Stone named them one of the “Top 25 Bands on MySpace.” They have since gone on to be placed at the top of many press lists, most notably, LA Weekly and The Los Angeles Times, which hails them as one the top three LA bands to watch in 2008.

Garnering comparisons to everyone from Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire to the Clash and U2, the band has become a fixture on the Los Angeles music scene and can only be expected to find its way to the top of the heap.