L.A. based Violet Shades carry the swagger and pent-up energy of a gritty Indie rock band from NYC. (The Strokes perhaps?) Their compressed vocals, creative drumming, melodic basslines, and intricate guitar riffs spew alternately soulful and overeager jams over street-corner clatter. Brodie Reeds vocals interchange between distorted crys and melancholy wails that send the band afloat down the highway of modern rock. The Violet Shades will be playing a show this Friday the 7th at The 5 Star Bar in Downtown L.A. The indefinable sound of The Shoestring Prophets will be accompanying VS on stage. Their folk-driven vocals, rock steady drumming, and bluesy guitar will have you trading shuffles with the devil down Memphis into the Mississippi delta, leaving you lost in your tracks in the place you know best.
–Margarita Castellanos
