Jail Weddings, whose Inconvenient Dreams EP has been spinning non-stop in this writer’s headphones for the past few weeks. With a little doing, the 60s-throwback lounge act managed to squeeze all ten of their members onto the Casbah’s cramped stage. The group put on one hell of a show, with animated singer Gabriel Hart and his Elvis lip flanked by backup vocalists Katya Hubiak and Jada Wagensomer, the latter of whom resembled a pouty Kim Novak.

The trio belted out exhilarating harmonies over hand claps, tea-kettle sax, and that classic 60s beat (you know: kick, kick-kick, snare) to transport the audience back to a simpler — or, at least, more fun — era. A sped-up version of “Cheat On Your New Lover With Me” felt a bit rushed, but the band found steadier footing on songs like the steamy, back-alley waltz “I’m My Own Doctor” and the staccato “I Thought You Were Someone I Knew,” off their forthcoming Love is Lawless album.

As they’ve done on Jail Weddings’ records, the sashaying Hubiak and Wagensomer stole the show with their careening harmonies. The girls finger-wagged their way through “These Fleeting Moments,” the “Mony Mony”-inspired “What Did You Do With My Gun?” and the bratty “Do You Think We’re Gonna End Up On Skid Row?”, at times giving off the impression — perhaps unintentionally — that they were trying to one-up each other.

Unfortunately, balancing the sound for a ten-piece band isn’t an easy task, and the Casbah’s cacophonous mix creaked and groaned under the weight. Peripheral instruments like the violin and saxophone were lost along the way, but the audio problems did little to detract from Jail Weddings’ inspired, infectious performance.

- Chris Maroulakos