New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Sara Lov | "New York"
Singer/songwriter Sara Lov has been resting from finishing nearly two months of touring with Sea Wolf, but in a couple weeks she’ll be back at the Hotel Cafe playing her brand of sweet pop-folk to a hometown crowd.
Sara Lov | Hotel Cafe | Dec. 12 | 8PM | 21+
On December 12th, let your inner schizo have a field day. Up on the shoegazing spectrum are Shiloe (former recipients of The Deli LA’s Band of the Month poll), playing a throwback to ’80s post-punk. Later, break out the Aqua Net and glitter, then kick on the craziest boots you can possibly find to ready yourself in all the glam-rock aesthetics of theSTART (think west coast Goldfrapp). Once the confusion has overwhelmed itself, prepare for new-psychers Mellowdrone. Honestly, we don’t know who the hell put this bill together, but we like it. Add a Peruvian throat-singing act and you’ve got yourself a KCRW playlist.
“Hello my name is Martin,” said bassist of 3-piece band The Dares as he mingled with the girls in the front row of their set Sunday night at the Troubadour. If they’re new to you, the Whittier-based trio landed a major label contract with Jive records before they even finished high school and scored a gig at the Winter Olympics Torch Event in 2002.
They even hold a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the first concert to take place simultaneously in two places at the same time. After Sunday night’s Troub performance, it’s easy to see why they’re still around: Their traditional pop-punk is actually refreshing from the genre’s takeover of whiny vocals from the past decade. The Dares are energy, but more so on the live side than in their canned recordings. -Kimberly Brown
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"Free Booze" is a recurring theme here at The Deli LA, but free shoes? And sets by Avi Buffalo, Killkillkill and Spider Problem? This has Deli Approved written all over it. But where? When? What time? How? If you’d follow us on Twitter, you’d know. The details lie in our tweets…
Pretend for just one moment that all the polluted ash falling outside is snow and that your Starbucks seasonal beverage is actually home made. Then listen to AM’s cover of "Christmas Time Is Here," which is an updated version of the Charlie Brown favorite, with magic and happy ooziness still intact. It’s a part of AM’s new holiday EP "Holiday, Happiness and Cheer," which The Deli highly recommends you purchase here.
Pop music this rich and quirky is always notable. Globes on Remote are freaks of melody and bold texture, with nods to "So"-era Peter Gabriel to contemporaries like Arcade Fire and the big landscapes of My Morning Jacket. While Globes on Remote’s sound is mostly groove based, it’s the decoration and fresh vocals that are incredibly hook-worthy. To be "catchy" and retain a kind of mystery is a hard continuum to meet.
The Living Sisters are rather enigmatic. Information on them is scarce, and it’s hard to find a reason why considering this trio of vocalists are about as good as "supergroups" can get. Inara George (of The Bird and the Bee), Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond) and Eleni Mandell (of …Eleni Mandell) make up what is seemingly a throwback pop outfit (we say "seemingly" because only one track exists in the ether, "How Glad I Am," featured on their MySpace page) — and they’re sharing the stage with Brian Wilson on December 6th at Disney Hall. In this age of over saturation, consider this a rare kind of intrigue.
In hopes of raising funds for the non-profit Children’s Music Fund, country blog When You Awake and the Bootleg Theatre are hosting a Friday night bill loaded with local acts playing Neil Young favorites. Acts include The Chapin Sisters, Delta Spirit, Restevrant, The Parson Redheads and a ton of others. Save the music simply by coming out and enjoying it. (Click here for full listing of acts and online ticketing)
First person to e-mail hugo@thedelimagazine.com gets 2 free tickets to Kronos Quartet and minimalist legend Terry Riley‘s Disney Hall set on November 21. It’s the opening night to the Left Coast, West Coast series (which will feature Brian Wilson and Inara George in a couple weeks, but how would we know that…?) so race to your inbox and shoot us an e-mail right now.
Published on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:26:17 0 Comments | Post a Comment
For $45 (just hear us out), enjoy unlimited tastings from over 35 breweries and live sets from Great Northern, Nico Stai, Castledoor and other Deli LA favorites all day Saturday at the Music Box in this year’s Hollywood Brewfest (21+, tickets can be purchased here). At face value, it’s a steep entry fee, but it’s all day buzz-pacing, a great bill and all the booze you can responsibly consume. This is bang-for-your-buck at its finest.
Published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:57 0 Comments | Post a Comment
On the heels of the release of their debut LP "At Night You Love Me," blues rock-based Regrets & Brunettes are playing some local dates to preview fresh material. The relatively new group (their MySpace page dates them as seven months old) have already turned some heads with recent opening slots for Delta Spirit and The Henry Clay People, but the newfound attention could also be owed to vocalist Richard Bivens’s technique of playing a right-handed guitar in left-hand method. Now that’s how you get the ladies.
Regrets and Brunettes channel the melodic eccentricity of Brian Wilson with the grit of Neil Young, and they’re not shy to wear it on their sleeves. As pop for the more distorted crowd, they’re worthy of a listen (or even a glimpse of aformentioned technique), so jot Nov. 30 for their set at The Echo. They share an impressive bill with Seasons and Downtown/Union.
Published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:49 1 Comments | Post a Comment
Horse Stories | Hummingbird (We’ll Be Okay)
Horse Stories (project of singer/songwriter and producer Toby Burke) is for the fragile sort: under all the delicate layers of Burke’s quiet pop compositions are sinking themes ("We all heal so slow / that it aches") that evoke darker Cat Stevens and of more contemporary Wilco. The warm recordings of Horse Stories latest (and most critically acclaimed) release "November, November" will have its LA previews this Thursday at Three Clubs and during a free set at Origami Vinyl on Saturday.
Thomas’ Apartment released their third full-length album this past week. Entitled Tuesday Night Lights, the album is concerned one of their most emotionally releases to date.
The band has released a few free tracks from Tuesday Night Lights on their website. They encourage you to listen to them and tell a friend. I would personally recommend the band’s three album package for ONLY $20. What a deal!
Visit the band’s website for tour dates and to score great deals.
– Nicholas Palumbo
Pablove Across America Benefit Concert
Pablove Across America, a cycling journey across the US for pediatric cancer research/awareness, will be hosting a benefit concert on Saturday, November 21.
Pablove Across America was founded by Dangerbird Records’ co-founder Jeff Castelaz and his wife in honor and memory of their late son, Pablo. The program
The benefit concert will be held at Avalon (Hollywood) on November 21 and will feature acoustic sets by an all-star roster.
Tickets for the event can be found here. All proceeds will go to Pablove Foundation.
– Nicholas Palumbo
LA RIOTS are Daniel Ledisko and Jon Pegnato, good friends of MSTRKRFT and the late, great DJ AM. Their remixes of NASA, Crystal Castles and The Ting Tings are some of the most recognizable remixes played.
Their latest remix, VHS or BETA’s "Feel It When You Know", is up for grabs for free! You can grab it here. While you’re at it, download their latest Fall 2009 remix. That can be grabbed here.
Make sure you check out the duo live when they hit We The People Festival on November 21 and at Hudson (San Bernadino, CA) on November 28.
– Nicholas Palumbo
Published on Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:21:06 0 Comments | Post a Comment
Silverlake never ceases to birth great acts: Five-piece band Local Natives performed last Monday with Glass Ghost and White Rabbits for a full audience at the El Rey. All members wearing pointed-toe shoes and bearing quasi-ironic mustaches delivered a set of 10 songs.
The combination of shout anthems and vocalist Ryan Hahn’s resemblance to Freddy Mercury was enough to keep the crowd going an hour, but it was "Sun Hands" as a finale that won over old fans and created scores of new ones. -Marla Bahloul (Photography by Jennifer Ruidera of Downtown Lobby)
Freak pop outfit Pizza! (formerly known as The New Motherfuckers) graced the stage at Silverlake’s Spaceland Sunday evening.
Looking like a possessed robot all night, singer Geoff Geis’s vocals were a jittery mix of dance rock, ’80s pop and noise punk. It wasn’t quite apparent if Pizza! were trying to sound like they didn’t know what they wanted to play or just didn’t know what they wanted to play. They took a raw, homemade and basement bootleg approach to their set but somehow it worked. The crowd was dancing and seemed to love every awkward second of it. -Kimberly Brown
Published on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:39:59 0 Comments | Post a Comment
The clav-rock trio with a knack for heavy, heavy blues brought their talents to the Sunset hideout last Friday and Deli photographer Mila Reynaud was there to capture it. They’ve been in our radar for quite some time, so check out our coming print issue for a deeper look into the breaking act.
