
Thanks to everyone who made it out on Friday. Really fun night and all the bands were fantastic. Photos up at the usual spot.
Stopped by Club Bang just to support Gran Ronde's EP release party on Saturday. Don't really do the 18+ club scene anymore (and neither should anyone 21+) so we instantly felt like a chaperone at a high school dance, circa 1986 "Pretty in Pink". It was pretty fun actually, making sure kids weren't spiking the fruit punch bowl or smoking in the boys roo. Gran Ronde's party for all us old chaperones will be held at The Bordello on 2/6... Speaking of EPs, we spot 285 L.A. bands celebrating the release of an EP this month and we're only slightly exaggerating. Gran Ronde (2/6), Summer Darling (2/7), I Make This Sound (2/13), The Breakups (2/13), and The Henry Clay People (February residency) are all getting in the extended play action. And let's not forget the LP releases (which are basically double EPs) from Amnion, James Wilsey, The Harpeth Trace, and Foot Foot. And of course there's Mezzanine Owls' 7" single release on 2/28 which are like mini-EPs.
Tons of great bands playing multi-weeks this month: Rickie Lee Jones, The Henry Clay People, The Pity Party, The Entrance Band, The Watkins Family Hour, Robert Francis, We Barbarians, Alex & Sam/Dustin Boyer, The Weather Underground, Electrocute, Pop Noir, Macy Gray, and Nellie McKay.
We're helping with a few shows this month, 2/21 at The Scene for the debut of "Rock with a Twist" co-presented with CGT and 2/23 at pehrspace, the CD release show for Amnion. Details coming soon but these are going to be awesome.
Gran Ronde - "Wisdom" (Live at The Roxy)