Monday, April 22, 2013
Tuesday is the first show of a semi-regular series of showcases where friends of la-underground sing songs in the comfort of our beloved Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. To kick off everything, we asked Phoebe Bridgers, Stephanie Hunt, Mike Benecke, and Jonny Miller to serenade us with beauty that is their voices.
If you didn't get the memo, word of mouth on Phoebe Bridgers is spreading quickly. We have already declared her the best pure singer-songwriter under 21 in the city of Los Angeles (aka the universe) and all you 21 plus-ers better watch your back, too. Not only does she break hearts with her dagger tunes (the closest thing to Patty Griffin and Garrison Starr we've heard in years), but that hella cute pixie haircut and daring style of hers is going to get her on Nylon Mag covers soon. Seriously, see this girl. Quick. Not gonna even front, we have had the most enormous crush on Stephanie Hunt for forever. First, as a part-time member of our favorite Austin band, Cowboy and Indian. Then as a cast member of great television shows Californication, Friday Night Lights, and most recently How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). Then as one-half of the brilliant vocal/comedy duo Nancy & Beth (with musician/actress Megan Mullally) -- their Riskay cover recently went viral but their rendition of George Jones's "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is an absolute stunner. Finally, as a solo artist for which she made her L.A. debut on a rainy, December evening, making us tear up a bit when she soundchecked with Buddy Holly's "Love Is Strange" (she probably doesn't know that we talk to Maria Elena Holly on a regular basis.) All said, we love this girl. And, trust us, you will too. And if you didn't love Mike Benecke when he was frontman of the shockingly-ignored but forever-adored Teddy's Cheer Club then you can make up for it with his new, solo work. His self-titled debut EP was one of our favorites of 2012 and his performance on Tuesday will be a rare one so be sure to catch him. Jonny Miller fronts our favorite band discovery of 2012, Black Bear & The Cheyenne Band. This guy can flat-out write great songs and if you don't believe us, go and listen to both BBCAB records Native Ground and Trans-Mountaineer, starting with this lovely tune.
Thanks in advance for all the artists being awesome on Tuesday.
April 23, 2013
Los Angeles Loves...
PHOEBE BRIDGERS
STEPHANIE HUNT
MIKE BENECKE
JONNY MILLER
Lot 1 Cafe
1533 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
18+/9pm/FREE
FACEBOOK EVENT
Monday, April 08, 2013
Deemed the loudest band at SXSW 2013 by us and anyone within a 5-mile square radius of their performances, Clipping might also be given best new L.A. band of the year when all is said and done given how undeniably brilliant their debut album Midcity is. The album consists of Rale and ex-Captain Ahab mastermind Snipes soundscaping some of the most intense and angular noise/beats for Diggs to crack off knowledge to -- with notable guest appearances from locals Ezra Buchla ("real"), Baseck ("bout.that"), Jalene Goodwin ("bullshit"), and others. This is the first of four shows Clipping has in April. You should see every single one of them. Quote unQuote's debut 24-minute performance last November pretty much completely crushed everything we saw in 2012. If you loved Ben Heywood and Sean Foye's previous outing Vicious Scully as much as we did, then you're going to absolutely be destroyed by the brutality of this band (joined by Brandon Hardy of Missing Teen). Please join them as they celebrate the release of their debut digital 7" "HYP"/"Vultures & Dogs." Pop/Soda recently celebrated the release of their own vinyl with the fantastic Eat Your Fat 12" and honored us with a show a few months back at pehrspace. We don't know what to call what they do unless noise/sex is a genre because noisy sex is exactly what we feel like having when we listen to them. Finally, we're ecstatic that Jew Cocks were able to make time for this show last-minute as it is always a treat to be delighted and offended at the same by everyone's favorite Jewish punk rock trio. Who's with us? YEAH!
April 9, 2013
Los Angeles Loves...
CLIPPING - 12AM
QUOTE UNQUOTE - 11PM
POP/SODA - 10PM
JEW COCKS - 9PM
Silverlake Lounge
2906 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
21+/$5/8pm
FACEBOOK EVENT
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Tonight, we're presenting what should be an amazing evening with Emily Jane White, Tom Brosseau, Eliza Rickman, and Lia Rose at pehrspace. We must give most of the credit for this gathering to White and Rickman for letting us host the L.A. stop on their brief excursion to these parts. Both released fantastic records last year (White with her dark and delicate balladry in Ode to Sentience and Rickman with her wicked, baroque pop in O, You Sinners) and we're anxious to hear those songs in such an intimate setting. Joining them will be another Bay Area beauty, Lia Rose, who has roots in the area but has been calling San Francisco her home for most of her career. While we first fell in love with her in bands like Minipop and Built for the Sea, it's when she went solo and released When You Need Me Most and, especially, her most recent release Conspire that she has finally hit her stride. "California," in particular, is a must-listen for all you Highway 5 wanderers traveling our great Golden State. Lastly, Mr. Tom Brosseau. We've known Tom for so long that anytime we see him around town, a simple cordial nod to each other and the good memories of a decade past is all that needs to be exchanged between us. And even after 10 years of being a Largo regular and traveling the world singing songs in fancy theaters, he's still one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of our time and definitely one of the most undervalued performers in this town. And, if you don't think so, you haven't really listened to "Wear and Tear," "Wandering," (sung gorgeously with Angela Correa), and "Blue Part of the Windshield" (our favorite Brosseau song ever due in part to Hilary Hahn's absolutely crushing violin arrangement). If that weren't enough, you can see him star in the fantastic Andrew van Baal short film "Wonder Valley."
Hopefully, we've said enough to get a few people out to this show. It's going to a special one.
April 6, 2013
Los Angeles Loves...
EMILY JANE WHITE
TOM BROSSEAU
ELIZA RICKMAN
LIA ROSE
pehrspace
325 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
$5/9pm/All Ages
FACEBOOK EVENT
