Jon Cohen — formerly of the Dears, and now of Jon Cohen Experimental — is but a poor, wayfaring stranger

While Jon Cohen is probably best-known as a former member of Montreal’s the Dears, it’s his new band, the Jon Cohen Experimental, that will probably allow him to best make his mark. The Experimental is a mix of indie-rock and trance-inducing loops that make a hypnotic, accessible combination.

Cohen is currently traveling throughout the United States and Canada by Greyhound bus, performing a solo tour that hits RecordBar on Tuesday, March 29. He spoke to us last week from a pay phone in Austin’s bus terminal before a set of shows during SXSW.