Wednesday, August 10, 2011
It's been a few years since we were asked to do a show at the Bootleg. Those two shows were two of the best shows we've ever been apart of but, admittedly, we're probably a little too low-maintenance for such fancy digs so another show at the club seemed pretty unlikely. That is until Incan Abraham called...
If you felt a rumble coming from the the westerly direction of Santa Monica last June, it wasn't plate tectonics telling you to move inland, it was Incan Abraham leaving the musical equivalent of a bolide metoric impact on the surface of the earth, also known as Chicxulub. Their residency at The Central was about as impressive a 4-night stand as we've seen on the westside or any side for that matter. Each song seemed to build each night to a climax that could only be finalized with their signatune "Sunscreen," a dancefloor frenzy-maker if we ever did see one. They're supposedly working on a new album and you'll likely hear some of it on Thursday so you'd better lace up those dance shoes and try and keep up. Get their two EPs "Sunscreen" and "Adult World" on Bandcamp.
When asked to help with the night's lineup we immediately thought of the band we had just seen make their L.A. debut a few nights prior. Tennis System recently moved to Los Angeles from D.C. after making waves on the east coast's shoegaze scene for the past few years. If their first show on a quiet night at Mr. T's Bowl was any indication of the band's future in this town, we tip our hat to our nation's capital for the early Christmas gift, because that performance was a thing of beauty. Even though the band was debuting their new guitarist and had no bassist, they still managed to sound big and bold and, well, shoegaze-y -- but the good kind where melodies arc into blissful resolve and don't just sound like guitarists having a pissing match on whose pedalboard can make the most people deaf. We're also excited to see the addition of new bassist slash hottie Guylaine Vivarat (formerly of the beloved Useless Keys). Get their latest single "Hey, We Tried" and most recent full-length release The Future of Our History on iTunes.
Tennis System - FS by launderground
Tennis System - Hey, We Tried Music Video from Robert Orlowski on Vimeo.
And, finally, we couldn't be happier to have Flora & Fauna on the show. Their dancy post-punky rock fits somewhere in the species of Meho Plazatus, Halloween Swim Teamitus, and Tot Veneficus. Their demos are all over the interwww so be sure to download them and turntable.fm that shit to impress all those newbs on there that just play Mumford & Sons all day. Fucking posers.
If three great new bands on one lineup doesn't get you off your keister, nothing will. See you soon.
August 11, 2011
Los Angeles Loves...
INCAN ABRAHAM
TENNIS SYSTEM
FLORA & FAUNA
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$7/21+/8:30pm/
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