Friday, January 25, 2008
We heard there were like a hundred car accidents last night. Let's all be careful out there, please. And get your tires rotated or something, 'cause you're sliding into our lane... Saw some friends at Amnion's show on Wednesday. How good was that show? Too good.
We'll be glued to our transistor internet to listen and watch Radar Bros. on tonight's "Demolisten". We must get the full details on their pending finale (of being one of L.A.'s best bands in the last ten years). Also tonight, Mirah and The Blow double dutch at the Music Box, BRMC break out the fog machine again for tonight's show at Safari Sam's, Kárin Tatoyan/Princeton open for Au Revoir Simone at the Troubadour, Lemon Sun/Astra Heights at the Echo, killer lineup at T's with Restaurant/Codpiece/Les Blanks (aka Muso)/Dirt Dress and others, and The Dagons come out of hibernation for a show at The Scene. And, oh my, our long lost San Diego buddy Steve Poltz celebrates the release of his new album, Unraveling, at The Mint. One of the very first shows we ever did was with Poltzie many years ago in San Diego. Nice of him to visit... Saturday, hope to see some of you at the big make out session at pehrspace, but if not, do try and check out the great "Food Not Bombs" benefit at Space Ark with Crooked Cowboy, Bloody Robots, and others. Paperplanes celebrates the release of their new album at the Prospector with The Movies and Le Switch. Monster and The Harpeth Trace close out Alex Johnstone's wonderful art exhibit with a performance at Young Art Gallery. Earthless visits us from their planet of San Diego to play the Mountain Bar. And Rocket, Bedtime for Toys, and Spider Problem duke it out at Spaceland... On Sunday, The Breakups, Liz Pappademas and The Sweet Hurt make friendly for a free show at Mr. T's Bowl. Blake Hazard plays a rare solo show in the front room of Tangier. And The Spires, Frankel, and Franklin For Short bowl for bucks at All Star Lanes.
Notes about tomorrow's show: We'll have posters for sale to donate more to the charity. We're also bringing wine and spirits for you to drink. Good article by the Independent here. Fantastic interview with Ms. Correatown here. Amazing write-ups of the show here and here. New EP now up on iTunes. It features a remix of "Racing Tides" by The Sweet Hurt who, incidentally, are opening the show. Synergy, gotta love it.
Lemon Sun - "The Answers" (live at The Echo, 12/5/2006) (MP3)
Rocket - "Not That Kind of Girl" (MP3)
The Spires - "In The Fine Autumn Time" (MP3)
