Wednesday, October 19, 2011
On October 21st we are presenting the third of a series of "Best of 2011" shows to finish off the year. This time, Lot 1 Cafe will be the setting for this intimate gathering of a few our favorite local ladies...
Friday's show will be the only second time Carla Werner has performed in a year and that, Los Angeles, is not nearly enough. No, not for a voice that has haunted us since her debut EP in 1998 and subsequently with her major label debut album Departure in 2003 and her most recent EP "My Lover's Ghost." We understand she's been busy lending that gorgeous voice of hers to a number of UK dancefloor burners, but we couldn't wait any longer and begged her for a small show before she heads out to Vegas in December for a rare performance of her biggest hit. Do try and arrive early to see her and purchase any of Carla's records on her website or iTunes.
Nearly one year after the discovery of her music, we continue to be totally and utterly smitten with a one Audrey & the Deer (aka Mariana Iglesias). Not only has she not succumbed to the pressures of playing the Hotel Cafe, Largo, or other venues that others seem to make the mistake in playing before they're really ready to play them, but this lady has no idea that she's actually better than most of the aspiring singer-songwriters we see perform at those places. Not only that but she played the pushed-back-because-we-were-running-late 1am slot at our show back in June and did so with the poise and grace of the Audrey that her band is named for. To put it simply, we love this woman. And so should you. Physical copies of her self-titled EP our sold out but you can get digital tracks on her Bandcamp.
2011 would have been a pretty ho-hum year for new music if it were not for a one Little Red Lung. Moreover, their new album Get on the Boat might have been the debut record of the year except that it ain't coming out until January 2012 -- obviously making it our most anticipated record of the new year. Why such high praise? Well, perhaps because vocalist/keyboardist Zoe-Ruth Erwin has seemingly been summoned from the collective wombs of Tori Amos, Amanda Palmer, and Florence Welch with as much artistic depth of her own to gain the type of devoted following each of those women have. Yet there's something a bit more sinister about the musical magic this band conjures up, a seductive witchery of waltzes that would incite even the most devout crossbearer to do the devil dance. They're brilliant. The band is releasing free tracks up until the release of their new album through Bandcamp. You need to download them all.
Two lovely ladies from down under and another from over yonder. We like our odds...
October 21, 2011
Los Angeles Loved... 2011
LITTLE RED LUNG - 11pm
AUDREY & THE DEER - 10:15pm
CARLA WERNER - 9:30pm
Lot 1 Cafe
1533 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
$5/18+/8:30pm
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