Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thanks to all those attended last night's "Live at Mr. T's Bowl." We know it's difficult to sometimes get out of the house during these rough times so it means a lot that you could make it to see these bands. This was the third "Live" show we've done at T's and probably the most technically successful. At our peak, we had over 500 viewers watching the video feed -- or basically 499 more people than our total readership. Anyway, if you missed any of it, a video archive is up at Stickam from some of the performances and at some point we'll be posting the audio/video we recorded separately. Special thanks to all the bands for playing and to Arlo for making it sound amazing in there as usual. And thanks to the bigger blogs for mentioning the show and to Loudvine for the great review!
Hm, what's up tonight... Former Wild Colonials lead singer Angela McCluskey returns to Los Angeles tonight at the Hotel Cafe with special guest Lili Haydn. Wild Colonials were a staple in the club scene some 15 years ago with a great cult following. We suppose "cult following" means one of those bands that achieved critical acclaim that never translated into huge mainstream success, which of course is our favorite type of band. We were introduced to Angela (and Shark) through frequent collaborator Cindy Wasserman (of Dead Rock West) but lost track of her when she moved to NY in 2001 until she popped up on some Télépopmusik tracks the last few years. It's safe to say The Colonials were one the most quintessential alt-rock bands of the mid-90's in L.A. and anytime Ms. McCluskey makes her way back to these parts it's a gift. Yeah, this probably still won't get all the hip kids out to see her tonight, but maybe the fact that she's Lily Allen's godmother and that Lily Allen has been in town the last few days will? Yeesh, the things we must do to sell a good band.
Wild Colonials - "Coy" (Video)
