Indie-pop band Guster will be gracing the Brandeis stage—breezy melodies, keytar/disco ball antics and all—on Sept. 24 in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center with opener Jukebox the Ghost, Student Events announced at noon last Friday.

Formed in 1991 at Tufts University, the band solidified itself in the alternative-rock scene after releasing its first album, Parachute, in 1994. Since then, Guster has toured internationally and released five more studio albums, including last year's Easy Wonderful.

Guster comes to the University hot off the trail of a summer tour that included a performance at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion on Aug. 12. Guster last appeared at Brandeis in 2002 for that year's spring concert.

Tickets for the event will be available at the Shapiro Campus Center box office in the Shapiro Campus Center starting today. Tickets will cost $10 for the first week of presale. After that, tickets will cost $15 for students and $20 for off-campus guests.

"It'll be a phenomenal show," said Director of Concerts for Student Events Bryan Flatt '12. "Guster's name has been brought to Student Events as an artist that many students would want to have on campus in past years. When we discussed which genre or artist to bring to campus, we kept coming back to Guster as the best choice."

The band consists of lead singer Ryan Miller, guitarist and vocalist Adam Gardner, drummer Brian Rosenworcel and bassist and instrumentalist Luke Reynolds.

In describing the band's music, Miller said in an interview with the Grand Rapids Press that Guster has been "associated with Barenaked Ladies, Maroon 5, John Mayer. We've toured with Luna and Ben Folds. We have a musical kinship with Wilco and The Shins. We lie in this world that's in the middle of what's considered indie rock and may be considered mainstream."

Opener Jukebox the Ghost is a three-man rock band based in Philadelphia that draws influences from Ben Folds Five, Billy Joel, Elton John and Jack's Mannequin. Formed on the campus of George Washington University in 2003, the band began touring full time in 2006 and released its first album, Live and Let Ghosts, in 2008. Jukebox the Ghost's latest album, 2010's Everything Under the Sun, received an A- rating from pop-culture site A.V. Club.

In the moments before Student Events announced the fall concert headliner last week, a crowd of students assembled at the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium, waiting for the name of the band. Students jokingly shouted for Justin Bieber and and Selena Gomez but displayed enthusiasm when Guster's name was announced.

"I don't really know them," said Elise Sobotka '15 in reaction to the announcement. "But it's made me want to check out their music."

In previous years, Student Events has brought Regina Spektor, Third Eye Blind, Nas, Ben Folds and OK Go to campus for the fall concert.

"It'll be a great opportunity for Brandeis alumni to come back because many graduated students had requested for Guster to come here before. So I'm looking forward to that," said Flatt.

Editor's note: Bryan Flatt '12 is an Arts staff writer for the Justice.