Friday, March 21, 2008
If you're sore from all the club-hopping you did this week, we feel for you. Holy shiznit... A few highlights included literally one-songing Explosions ("Greet Death") at the Wiltern just so we could get to the Bordello, Spaceland, and the last of Love Grenades' set at The Echo. My Pet Saddle's midnight set at Spaceland was mandatory. If not just so we could hear some new songs we hadn't heard since our last encounter, but also to see Ms. Hailey on an L.A. stage for the first time in far too long. The demise of PRS HLTN, MTHRFCKRS!! still saddens us to no end. MPS, by the way, should be doing their own residency at esteemed Silver Lake clubs soon... After checking out the genius that is Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Knit on Tuesday, we walked down Hollywood for another great "Let's Independent", presented by the almighty RFSL. If you've never been to any of these nights, it's really a big awesome spectacle: Great sound system, huge crowd, and an incredible amount of local indie rock celebrity -- all of which aren't usually seen at our shows. Not to mention the lineups Mr. Fielder puts together are top-notch, like Tuesday which had Amnion, Fol Chen, and Princeton. How good was that?... Aquarium Drunkard had a show of their own on Thursday with Bon Iver, Phosphorescent, and White Hinterland. Couldn't find Tenlons Fort, who said he was going to meet us there so we headed back to Safari Sam's to pick up Evangelista's new album Hello, Voyager, which we listened to on the way to Crane's to catch The Voyeurs (formerly E>K>U>K) second show ever.
This brings us to the weekend, which looks just as fun... Tonight, Rock Insider presents a wonderful night of west coast indie rock with Afternoons, Birdmonster, and Little Teeth at The Bordello. 400 Blows, Ancestors, and Tweak Bird get loud at L.A. Record Player 5 at Charlie O's. Tha Alkaholiks rock the mic at the Key Club. The Parson Red Heads headline a huge night at the Echoplex. West Indian Girl begins two secret shows in Culver City. Death to Anders, Divisadero, The French Semester, and Marvelous Toy take it to the Relax Bar. The Mae Shi, RTX, Bad Dudes, and Foot Village bring the smell to Hollywood with a show at the Knit. Local rock vets B-Movie Rats celebrate the release of their new album Radio Suicide at Safari Sam's. Castaneda does an in-store at Penguin on Melrose. Caitlin Crosby, Lucy Walsh, and Linda Strawberry sing sweet songs at The Mint. The Voyeurs play their third show ever at the Comic Bug with Bright Light Fever. Cat Hair Ensemble headlines the Echo Curio. Wee Jon Brion plays Largo. boxViolet at Jax Vegan Cafe. And, my oh my, Trespassers William return to their hometown for a show at Tangier.
Calm down, that's just Friday.
If you give our show at T's tomorrow the hard pass, head on out to The Vacation opening for Mooney Suzuki at the Roxy. West Sunset on a Saturday?! Yeah, sorry. Ok, then how about Amateurs opening for School of Language at Spaceland. Or The Holy Kiss, The Guilty Hearts, and Lily Marlene at The Scene. Kissing Cousins, Donny, Travisaurus, and Flowers & Bulls at pehrspace. Fascinoma, Gift Machine, and Whisper Kid at Echo Curio. The Poor Excuses celebrate the release of their new album Come on the Futuree at truXtop Gallery. Blanket and Ric Veda at the Unknown Theater. And two massives How Sweet It Is and Paid Dues kick off the festival season.
Sunday, The Deadly Syndrome, The Henry Clay People, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, and LoveLikeFire at the Roxy deserves your undivided attention. Otherwise, the legendary Jack Tempchin celebrates the release of his new album Songs at the Hotel Cafe. And Maria Taylor joins Alex & Sam and Michael Runion at Tangier.
Enjoy yourselves.
Tweak Bird - "White Lips" (MP3)
The French Semester - "Paradise" (MP3)
Jack Tempchin - "Something in the Image" (MP3)
