Monday, September 10, 2007
Beautiful weekend, Los Angeles. Be-uooo-tiful.
How much fun was Friday's show? Too fun. Thanks to The Front, Summer Darling, Bloody Robots, redGIANTS, and The Monolators for keeping us out late Friday night/Saturday morning. We must (and will) do that again very soon. Posted photos here.
We also checked out Cirque du Soleil's newest offering Corteo over at the Forum on Saturday. The acrobatics are fine and all (our favorite was the lady foot juggler) but we always go just to see the art direction, mingle with people who like the art direction, and of course get a good earful of that Cirque soundtrack. That little balloon lady was brilliant and very much worth the $200+ front row seats, $20 parking, $22 food, and of course the obligatory Corteo-related merchandising we don't know why we bought.
Ok, so this week is busy:
Tonight... Of course, the residencies and because we were fortunate to see most of them last week we can safely say you can do no wrong being at any of them. Or go see The Airborne Toxic Event at Viper or the ingenious pairing of Spoon and Dr. Octagon at the Music Box...
On Tuesday, Mondo Video A-go-go bids farewell with one last show featuring Bloody Robots (who completely blew our mind last Friday), Kawaiietly Please, Almighty Opp, Twin Turmoil, and The End of the World Ensemble. Leave it to Mondo to go out with a bang. If you never went to MV, it's pretty much one of the greatest video stores in the world for rare, out-of-print, and why-was-this-even-made bizarro videos... Don't forget Ceci Bastida's residency at the Knit... And don't forget to pick up The Deadly Syndrome's new album The Ortolan. Yeah, we normally don't promote album releases so much (especially when we know you got the leaked version months ago), but that band is just super nice. Why can't more bands just be nice?... Qui also celebrates the release of their new album at The Echo.
Wednesday, Low End Theory with Boom Bip, Thavius Beck, Free the Robots... The Bordello hosts Everest, Buddy, Sally Jaye, and The Panderers.
And on Thursday, Jason Falkner, Castledoor, and Annie Stela perform at the Roxy for Filter's continuing "let's get the eastside to the westside" series. No one likes being there but we may just have to bite the bullet for this lineup -- I mean, Falkner plays like two shows a year... Ferraby officially celebrates the release of his terrific new album at the Troubadour with Mezzanine Owls and The Brunettes... Meanwhile, Central City lands on Spaceland with One Trick Pony, Death To Anders, The Transmissions, and The Health Club.
In other news: Has everyone listened to The Like's new track "(Before I Break Your Heart) Release Me" on their MySpace recorded on Jonesy's Jukebox? They debuted the song recently at Spaceland and goodness, Z's writing is better than ever and her voice still makes eyes water. We haven't really written much about the band since their Crossroads days but we have a feeling once their new album comes out next year we'll be loving The Like frequently.
Remember that post on Marié Digby? Well, the backlash has already begun about that Hollywood Records' marketing campaign. We thought it was pretty see-through from the beginning but apparently things need to be more transparent for the general buying public. Doesn't seem to be hurting her September residency at the Hotel Cafe much. We heard it was packed... Detour Fest, LA Weekly's entry into the yearly festival parade, is holding a little contest to get a local band a chance to play the night. While there is sure to be a bit of criticism over the whole thing of why there aren't more local bands playing an L.A. Weekly event and that even having an online battle of the bands contest over one measly slot seems slightly demeaning, let's just play like a good puppet and effing vote, ok?. Well, no matter, since we think our four readers should already have their mind made up for 10/6 since the Eagle Rock Music Festival has once again counter-booked the evening with a lineup that pretty much guarantees our attendance including The Pity Party, Dengue Fever, Mia Doi Todd, Bodies of Water, The Front, The Mormons, The Monolators, Jessica Fichot, Chuchito Valdes, Seasons, Princeton, Tsk Tsk, and many other of our favorites. All that plus friends, families, and funnel cakes... right in the heart of Eagle Rock for free? Seriously, that's a no-brainer.
Read about Ferraby's recording process on his new album... Article on his lordship Devendra Banhart in the LA Times... Go download Division Day's cover of Sunny Day Real Estate's "Every Shining Time You Arrive"... Okay, think that's everything from our spam folder... :)
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Unfortunately the Corteo show has been very unsuccessful in LA so far. :(
The Chandeliers act for me was the best. And sneaking my buddies into the VIP tent wasn't bad either, esp when you're steering the little lady into the crowd with two glasses of booze in you. Haha.
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The Chandeliers act for me was the best. And sneaking my buddies into the VIP tent wasn't bad either, esp when you're steering the little lady into the crowd with two glasses of booze in you. Haha.
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