BISHOP ALLEN / AN HORSE /
ELECTRIC OWLS / THE ONE AM RADIO
Echo
Bishop Allen || Watch || MP3
Like fellow indie tunesmiths Stephin Merritt and Sufjan Stevens, Bishop Allen’s Justin Rice and Christian Rudder get inspired by forcing themselves to be prolific. Last year the Harvard-bred duo put aside its belated follow-up to 2003’s self-released Charm School and set about recording a different EP each month. Bishop Allen ended up with four albums worth of new material, and The Broken String is a greatest hits sampler of sorts, with nine reworked tracks from the EPs plus a handful of new songs. And it really is great, striding confidently from one high point to the next, with expansive yet homemade-sounding folk-rock songs like “Click, Click, Click, Click” and “Corazon” oozing scruffily charming earnestness. Sometimes quality and quantity can coexist nicely. - The Onion AV Club
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An Horse || Listen
Electric Owls
The One AM Radio || Listen
8:30pm / $10 advance, $12 Day Of Show
The kind of emotion-drenched indie-pop that fills “Hymn and Her” is nothing new for Earlimart — the group delivered a fine album of confessional lyrics and inventive, engaging music last year with “Mentor Tormentor,” a major step in its steady rise toward the top tier of L.A. bands.
Releasing another full-length effort less than a year later is unusual, but the accelerated pace might account for the infusion of freshness that makes “Hymn and Her” so arresting.
The music crackles and trembles with a restless bravado that might have been muted with more time and deliberation, and in the process Earlimart brings its intimate conversations out of the confession booth and into the cathedral itself, where they expand to fill the vast space.
The group, now down to the duo of Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray, returns to its trusted tools — rich melody, a tone of taut urgency, clapping percussion, a strong sense of atmosphere and space, weird little things squirming in the far corners — but on this sixth album everything seems enhanced, raised to a new level. - LA Times
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Afternoons
Red Cortez (formerly The Weather Underground)
Dazzler (formerly Totally Radd)
8pm / FREE before 10:30pm, $5 after
TALK TO ANGELS
RAMI DEAREST / TWO GUNS
Spaceland
The Cockpit is packed with people wanting to see this exciting band. Talk to Angels hail from Bradford and Leeds and despite their youth, they play with the aptitude and conviction of a band much older and more experienced.
They start with “To Maria”, a song that starts slowly and builds up to a cacophony of rapid drumming, noisy guitars and the sudden change in tempo can catch you off-guard if you’ve not heard the song before! It’s also the first opportunity for lead vocalist and guitarist Craig Kaye to demonstrate his vocal talents.
He possesses an excellent vocal range and has the sonorous voice of the classic rock singer. Other songs on the set included “Emily”, a song about the anguish of young love, the upbeat “Hickory Dickory” and the one they call their ’sad song’, “She”. The band can turn their hand to rock songs of various tempos combining clever guitar riffs and percussion with deep, meaningful, sometimes angst-ridden lyrics. - BBC
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Rami Dearest
Two Guns
9PM / $10 advance; $12 day of show / 21+
Creative Commons Salon
feat. Dublab and Lucas Gonze
Found Gallery
Creative Commons is at the forefront of the progressive copyright movement, seeking arrangements that allow the free flow of artistry and ideas while at the same time protecting intellectual rights and freedoms. A group taking the middle road, its efforts have been invaluable in the face of technology's rush into the future. At tonight's salon, Mark "Frosty" McNeil — founder of noted DJ and multimedia collective Dublab — and XSPF developer Lucas Gonze tackle the ramifications and opportunities that could result from current and proposed copyright policies and discuss their larger effect on the music industry.
NEW CHAPTER FROM MORGAN KIBBY!
M83: Paradiso is Paradiso
[M83's keyboardist-singer Morgan Kibby continues her tour diary. Previous installments here.]
Dear Friends and Family,
Just a small note to let you know that I am writing a tour blog for the next three months while I am traveling and playing with M83 throughout Europe and the US. The blog will be hosted by Kevin Bronson who was a senior music writer and editor for the LA Times. I am thrilled and honored that he asked me to do this. Should you have the time and the inclination to check it out, the link is as follows:
BUZZ BANDS
I hope this email finds you all healthy and happy, and hopefully i will see you while I'm on the road.
Here's some video I shot of Soko the other night
Industry Insiders: Alexis Rivera, Pied Piper
How did you got your start in Los Angeles, and how did you became such a heavy in Echo Park?
Read the BlackBook article
Echo Park Named One of Top 10 Great Neighborhoods
And when you hear that, you might find yourself asking which Realtor came up with that ranking. Luckily, this time there is some creditability behind the designation: the American Planning Association. They "singled out Echo Park because of its breathtaking topography set in the hills above downtown, historic architecture, pedestrian-oriented streets and stairways, and engaged residents who, over the years, have gone to great lengths to protect and preserve their community," according to an APA release (add: their website has more info and history on why EP was chosen) .... more after you click on the image!
¡¡¡ MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!!
Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt ("the Meaning of Life", "Rejected", "Billy's Balloon") is hitting the road this fall for a rare series of one-night-only events! A selection of Don's classic animated shorts return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his brand new film, "I am so proud of you". His longest piece to date, "I am so proud of you" is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to "Everything will be OK", winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". Every screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience Q+A with Don Hertzfeldt.
SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES!!!
THE MAE-SHI @ Spaceland
THE MOVIES @ Spaceland
DENGUE FEVER @ Viper Room
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