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Maids of Gravity, with Chaos Theory, Saturday, August 19, at Cricket on the Hill, features two members–vocalist/guitarist Ed Ruscha and guitarist Jim Putnam–who were part of Brad Laner’s visionary band Medicine in 1991 and 1992. It should come as no surprise, then, that the Maids, represented by a groovy, self-titled debut recently issued on the Vernon Yard label, share with Laner’s creation a fondness for loudness, feedback and pop melodies. But the Maids are no knockoff: The trio (filled out by a drummer who goes by the name Irwin) has a dreamy, Sixties-garage-band aesthetic all its own–a moody, atmospheric yet somehow charming approach to crafting tunes that linger in your head like hazy memories of better days. Spacey, yes, but earthlings will like it, too.
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