Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Due to time constraints, we ended up stopping by only one of the Monday residencies last night and that was Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, which once again was a jam-packed sweaty affair. Opener Audra Mae, however, might have been the real show-stealer of the night. She's got the kind of voice that critics might use 'soul diva' or 'blues mama' to describe, both of which we have never used in our lives until right now (and it feels kind of good). In any case, it was a welcome change of pace for the usual bands that come through the Silverlake Lounge and we figure by the huge response that blues is the new black. The Lounge, by the way, stayed packed until late for the special sort-of-unannounced appearance of Dead Man's Bones. We too caught a glimpse of that beautifully photographed video that's been circulating blogs for the last few months but we were still skeptical of what could just be another bad Hollywood band cleverly veiled by smoke and mirrors. Well, much to our surprise, the band is actually pretty fantastic. They play a kind of dark goth blues rock, perhaps somewhat rooted in Bayou voodoo and such. The music emanates in often soulful chants and pulsing rhythms that momentarily made us believe the band was less about playing indie rock and more about conjuring Haitian spirits. Not exactly what you'd expect coming from the star of that one damn movie that we can't remember anything about other than that we cried like a little bitch watching it. We highly recommend checking out all of the above bands. Pictured above is said movie star's arm next to skull trapped in crystal ball-like cage.
In other news: The Secret 6 released a new track "Breaking Down," available for free download here... The lovely Greater California celebrates the release of their new fantastic record All the Colors (which we picked up at Fingerprints last weekend) at the Art Theater in Long Beach on 4/30 with Free Moral Agents and The Fling. The Fling, incidentally, just released a new 7" EP entitled "Out of My Head" which we forgot to pick up at Fingerprints. Dammit... Portland's Oh Darling plays Spaceland on Thursday opening for Casxio as they kick off their West Coast tour. Their new album Nice Nice, which features the ad hit "Colorful Day," is available to download in its entirety only through the month of April so get on it.
Also, we totally forgot to say warm happy birthdays to Amy Cooper, Jim Smith (The Smell), and Austin Hartley-Leonard over the weekend. Celebrating birthdays this week are Scott McDonald, Jesca Hoop, Eli Monolator, and Carolyn Edwards. We love you all.
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