Who’s who:

Joshua Carter - vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards, loops and samples

Sarah Barthel - vocals, keyboards and guitar

About the band:

Saratoga Springs’ Charlie Everywhere formed roughly nine months ago. The meaning behind the band’s name is a closely guarded secret, but Carter said folks are welcome to suggest their own theories.

Artists such as Curtis Mayfield, The Beatles, Sonic Youth, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Madlib, J Dilla, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and David Bowie have influenced the duo’s dreamy, beat-driven alternative rock. Fans have compared Charlie Everywhere’s music to that of Portishead and The Beta Band.

The group’s first full-length album, which has yet to be titled, is due out by early summer. A local CD release party will likely take place in either April or May.

Charlie Everywhere has received airplay on WEXT and WEQX, as well as on radio stations in California, England, Scotland and Germany. Following the release of their CD, the band will be sending about 400 copies of it to various college radio stations across the country and trying to build a tour around the college towns playing their music.

The band has approximately 19 original tunes, and is hoping to add a few cover songs to their arsenal including “Happiness is a Warm Gun” by The Beatles and “Green is the Colour” by Pink Floyd.

Carter and Barthel both currently wait tables. In the future, they hope to play as much as possible, make a living from their music and influence other artists.

Charlie Everywhere is playing a benefit show for the Capital District Federation of Ideas at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 22 at 383.5 Madison Ave. in Albany with Desperately Obvious and We Are Jeneric. Donations are requested, and all proceeds will fund future CDFI events. For more information about the organization or the event, visit www.federationofideas.net.

To check out the band, visit www.myspace.com/charlieeverywhere2.

Quotable Quotes:

“I love creating something that’s never been created before. It makes me very happy that we’re out there doing something different,” Barthel said.

“When people hear our music for the first time, I hope they think it’s at least interesting,” Carter said. “I would just want them to have an experience.”

—Mike Ryan