Along with the emo revival of the past half-dozen years or so, there’s been a wave of reconsideration for the bands that carried the flag for heartfelt, melodic guitar rock in the ’90s and ’00s; Jawbreaker, American Football, Jimmy Eat World, and Taking Back Sunday are all bigger than ever. One band that never seemed to get its fair share of the spotlight back then was Lawrence, Kansas product the Appleseed Cast, who spent roughly a decade filling albums with sparkling, ambitious rock ’n’ roll that earned them comparisons to Radiohead, if not Radiohead-sized crowds. A decade or so later, not much has changed: The Appleseed Cast has just released a wonderful album called The Fleeting Light of Impermanence, and you can see them do their thing tonight in a medium-sized venue. And you should! by Ben Salmon