Musicians often slip through the cracks here at The iM, though one of our favourite ways to discover new bands is to find them unexpectedly on the bill at a show we happen to happen upon: such was the case this week with Toronto rock “trio” The Central Nervous System.

This rowdy bunch has been playing their electro-influenced alternative rock around the GTA and beyond since mid/late 2008. Formed by guitarist/vocalist (and apparently brewery man) Ruben Huizenga (ex-Glueleg, Edwin) and drumming Dr. Ken Griffin (unconfirmed whether he is in fact a medical doctor or a doctor of rock).

Rounded out by their android synth-player/backup vocalist NOMAD, the trio recently dropped their debut full-length Regular People through Rhapsody Entertainment, and their self-described sound of “sex and data” isn’t too far off. Huizenga definitely shines with an Edwin sensibility here, though considering Glueleg used to open for I Mother Earth back in the mid-90s, and Huizenga has played WITH Edwin over the years this kind of made sense after-the-fact. Live, these guys are TIGHT… but don’t ask us to explain how NOMAD knows how to hit his cues; he IS a sophisticated super computer after all.

Hit them up over on their website, or over on their Facebook page for more nerve-tingling (see what we did there?) excitement, or hit the video embed below to see them in action – we definitely recommend hitting up their MySpace for a cover of The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby…. killer stuff.