Club Spaceland

…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
Everest || Listen
Love Lies Sleeping || Listen
Roses Kings Castles (Adam Ficek from the Babyshambles) || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 12.22.08: THE MOVIES / VOXHAUL BROADCAST / THE DAMSELLES / ADELINE & THE PHILISTINES

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…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
Voxhaul Broadcast
The Damselles
Adeline & The Philistines
DJ Solid Todd

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 12.15.08: THE MOVIES / NICO STAI / DEMO TEAM / THE SAVAGES / DJ JIMMY TAMBORELLO

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…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
Nico Stai
Demo Team || Listen
The Savages || Listen
DJ Jimmy Tamborello

8:30pm / FREE SHOW / 21+

Monday 12.08.08: THE MOVIES / RADEMACHER / VIBE SLAYER / SARAH NEGAHDARI / DJ DAVE NEWTON

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…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
Rademacher
Vibeslayer
Sarah Negahdari (from Happy Hollows)
DJ Dave Newton

8:30pm / FREE SHOW / 21+

Monday 12.01.08: THE MOVIES / EAGLE & TALON / WRONG WAY DRIVER / THE LEMURS / DJ KEVIN BRONSON

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…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
Eagle & Talon || Listen
Wrong Way Driver
The Lemurs || Listen
DJ Kevin Bronson

8:30pm / FREE SHOW / 21+

Wednesday 11.19.08: INDIE 103.1 presents CLUB NME with DIAMOND LIGHT / MEGASAPIAN

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Diamond Light
Megasapian

Resident DJs Dia and Solid Todd spinning. No cover after midnight.

8:30pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 02.19.09: DUNCAN SHEIK with Lauren Pritchard / HOLLY BROOK @ Echoplex

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Duncan Sheik || Listen

In addition to writing the music for the Broadway musical hit Spring Awakening, Grammy nominated singer–songwriter Duncan Sheik is collaborating with Playwright Steven Sater on The Nightingale, a musical based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic which premiered during the 26th annual O’Neill Music Theater Conference. Sheik has composed original music for the Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night and for The Golden Rooms of Nero, which opened at the Magic Theater in San Francisco earlier this year. His self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records, was an enormous popular and critical success and spent 30 weeks on the Billboard 200. Other albums include Humming, Daylight, Phantom Moon (Nonesuch Records) with lyrics by Steven Sater and his latest, White Limousine (Rounder Records),Duncan’s songs have appeared in many Film Soundtracks including Great Expectations, The Saint, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Three to Tango, What a Girl Wants, Transamerica and Amazing Grace (a documentary about the late Jeff Buckley).

The performance will feature songs from his forthcoming CD/theatre project, “Whisper House”, as well as “Spring Awakening” and his earlier recorded work. Sitting in on the tour will be Lauren Pritchard who played Ilse in the Broadway production of “Spring Awakening”.

plus:
Holly Brook

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

7pm / $37.50 / all ages

Saturday 12.06.08: DRESSY BESSY / COLOURMUSIC / THE MINOR CANON

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Dressy Bessy || Listen || Watch

When Tammy Ealom started singing about a gal obsessed with the ‘60s in the song “Do You Whisper?” on Saturday night, it was hard not to think the song was, well, about Ealom herself. In most photos of the band you’ll find Ealom decked out in a ‘60s-inspired get-up and she plays a Hagstrom II guitar from the era as well. You can also hear it in a lot of the bouncy pop tunes she’s written over the last decade.

But on the band’s new album, Holler and Stomp, that ‘60s thing just ain’t quite as prevalent as it’s been on previous albums. Buy hey, musicians have to grow and with that comes change. While the music gotten a tad edgier and harder and some of the bubblegum pop has been shaved off, Ealom, guitarist John Hill (who also plays in Apples in Stereo), bassist Rob Greene and company still put on a hell of energetic show.

They ran through nearly the entire new album, tossed in few awesome cuts from their 2003’s self-titled album like “This May Hurt (A Little),” “Baby Six String,” and “Just Once More,” as well as a few from Electrified. And if that wasn’t enough, the band pulled out “Extra-Ordinary” from its 1999 debut album, Pink Hearts Yellow Moons. – Westword

with:
Colourmusic || Listen
The Minor Canon

8:30pm / $8 Advance, $10 day of show / 21+

Friday 11.21.08: WAR TAPES / THE HUMAN VALUE / SHILOE / THE BLACK KITES

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War Tapes || Watch

Billy Mohler (Macy Gray, Jimmy Chamberlain Complex, etc.) is a world-class bassist. Yet he modestly moves onto drums to complete War Tapes alongside his wife Becca (bass/vocals), her kid brother Neil (vocals/guitar) and Matt Bennett (guitar). Their band-as-family approach shows as, while it’s all-but impossible to discuss War Tapes without mentioning Interpol and Editors, they’ve moved away from the partisan ‘Pol-itics of their early recordings to create something altogether warmer and more organic. The skinny-tied chiming guitars and late-night loneliness remain, but now Neil’s allowing a ragged humanity into his previously deadpan vocals and there are more (and more poppy) bro/sis harmonies and Robert Smith-y six-string silver linings. War Tapes are of a type and utilize familiar dynamics, but there’s rare, labor-of-love authenticity here. Fashionable, fervent and urgent, it’s easy to hear why they’ve already opened for Smashing Pumpkins, Tiger Army and The Bravery. – IE Weekly

with:
The Human Value || Listen
Shiloe || Shiloe
Black Kites || Listen

8:30pm / $8 / 21+

Tuesday 11.18.08: THE LONELY H / IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES / THE VICIOUS GUNS

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The Lonely H || Watch

There’s a grizzly demeanor to the fuzzy sound they bring forth, opening mouths and hearing a century-old sense of survival and getting by spill forth like rapids. It’s fast and it’s loud and it goes for the throat where it wraps around like a muffler. The Lonely H takes us back to a time when all facial hair was becoming and charming, when a mustache demanded respect, when the musk of unshowered-brand body odor was heroic, when bell-bottomed jeans were not the exception, when a guy could get some peyote whenever it was called for and when moonshine went down the hatch like lemonade. They might sleep on a bed of cacti and have unhealthy obsessions with Paul Bunyan, Wyatt Earp and Ulysses S. Grant and there’s a complex in some of their songs where they feel as if they were actually lonely, unable to associate with the ways around them. This current time is course and disgusting, slobbering with text messages and the wireless revolution. The music rewinds to the places that they wish they could teleport back to and get reconnected with trappers and musket-toting dudes who could skin a fox in two minutes flat, who could laugh through their blackened teeth frighteningly and with the tar from their lungs and throat hacking up with it. This is only if they can take Mick, Ronnie, Keith and Charlie with them. They’d likely need Brian Jones as well and would put up a fit if he wasn’t in that time machine. – Daytrotter

with:
Impossible Shapes || Listen
The Vicious Guns

8:30pm / $8 / 21+

Sunday 12.07.08: Indie 103.1 presents FRIENDLY FIRES / FUNERAL PARTY / GLASSER

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Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires || Watch || MP3

But the big surprise of the night was the first opener Friendly Fires, who pulled off a trick I’ve been waiting for a band to fully realize — that cowbell-heavy Liquid Liquid dance beats would sound fantastic with gigantic shoegaze-ambient guitars and the shimmering house synths that too many peers, such as M83, can’t seem to use right.

They have a humdinger of a single in “Paris,” whose lovestruck take on the City of Light (“And every night we’ll watch the stars, they’ll be out for us”) is as cliched as the day is long, but still hits with a panoramic wallop. The snare drum-less chorus is a weird little thing, and almost a comedown from the percussion-mad, Tom Tom Clubby verses, but the endearingly clumsy-dancing frontman Ed Macfarlane has an athletic falsetto that can veer from sounding like Bilinda Butcher to arena-emo in a single line.

The rest of their self-titled debut (out Sept. 1) is a bit more martial and Rapture-ish, especially the almost offensively catchy, Blondie-inspired “On Board,” but it’s expert party music (they cover old-school Chicago house dude Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” live) with the kind of starry-eyed romanticism that should transcend the nightclub circuit and into some off-peak MTV play. It doesn’t hurt that, as seen above, they look pretty good doing it. I could totally see this band opening for Panic at the Disco as easily as LCD Soundsystem, and that’s no slight. Makes a boy want to crack a decanter of Burgundy and make out with a raccoon-eyed little art student on the banks of the Seine, no? – LA Times

with:
Funeral Party
Glasser

8:30pm / $12 advance, $14 day of show / 21+

Thursday 12.04.08: RELENTLESS SEVEN / GRACE WOODROOFE

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Relentless Seven

with:
Grace Woodroofe || Listen

8:30pm / $20 / 21+

Tuesday 12.16.08: KARIN TATOYAN / WAR TAPES / SEASONS / EXITMUSIC

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Karin Tatoyan || Watch

A performer who swirls between musical extremes, Kárin Tatoyan is the possessor of a unique and hauntingly gorgeous voice, one that alternately croons and erupts from the center of an increasingly left-field musical approach. Her music is a strange, prismatic nebula strewn with jagged, twinkling glass—it kisses even as it cuts, it shatters and shimmers simultaneously as layers of electronica fold into pockets of post-rock minimalism and booming orchestral majesty. – Web In Front

with:
War Tapes
Seasons
Exitmusic

9PM / $8 / 21+

Saturday 12.13.08: 18TH DYE / DEVON WILLIAMS / THE MEETING PLACES

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18th Dye || Listen || Watch

Comparisons to Sonic Youth aside, groundbreaking, catchy, and consistently explosive rock have always been the sonic signature of legendary 18th Dye. On the new album, Amorine Queen, 18th Dye proves their reputation from the 90’s as a well acclaimed, highly respected international rock band.

Amorine Queen reflects the energy of group’s past releases, but mixes the hard-hitting and noisy rock sound with a more melodic approach. As a result to this development, 18th Dye doesn’t just thrill the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience – a fact that’s hard to miss at their recent concerts. As in the old days, the new songs are characterized by loud guitars and catchy pop melodies – delivered with an ultra cool, almost arrogant detachment.
-Spectre Music

with:
Devon Williams
The Meeting Places || Listen

9PM / $8 / 21+

Friday 12.12.08: RADARS TO THE SKY (record release party) / WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS / ARCHWAYS / THE HECTORS

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Radars to the Sky || Watch

I can report to you with confidence that Radars to the Sky took advantage of the opportunity in every dimension conceivable; it was by far the best show I have seen them play… they are purveyors of an epic sound that demands and thrives on an excellent soundsystem. Their clever musical moves, swift guitar flourishes, keys that haunt beneath the skin of the thing, Andrew Spitser’s undeniable voice, and their penchant for roping you in with the beat and rhythm were as engaging as any piece of musical entertainment you could ask for. – Classical Greek Theater

with:
Wildbirds & Peacedrums || Listen
Archways
The Hectors || Listen

9PM / $8 advance; $10 day of show / 21+

Wednesday 11.26.08: Indie 103 presents CLUB NME with CIRCUS MINOR / PAPER PILLS / UNARMED / BROOKLINE

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Circus Minor || Watch

The band uses its music to taunt and resurrect the ghosts of LA’s forgotten lovers, rebels and that long forgotten belief that meaning can indeed be found in impermanence. This House is Haunted, the band’s sophomore disc, is a collection of howling compositions and gypsy-lust, rock and roll lullabies—each song on the record flowing together like chapters in a novel about the tragic love affair between condensing and expanding musical space. Think Black Sabbath sipping Absinthe in a lush bar with Black Heart Procession. It’s music that shares its secrets with promiscuous impunity and assumes listeners would rather be haunted than head banging…rather be chasing ghosts than chasing the next big thing. -Music Nation

with:
Paper Pills || Listen
Unarmed
Brookline

plus DJs Dia, Jennifer, and Solid Todd spinning rock, indie, punk, electro alternative. No Cover after Midnight.

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 11.27.08: CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

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Sunday 11.02.08: MATTHEW AND THE ARROGANT SEA / MAP

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Matthew and the Arrogant Sea || Watch

Family Family Family Meets the Magic Christian, the debut album by Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, is an intimate collection of pop songs that are by turns lush and delicates, finding a balance between the sparkly pop of Animal Collective and the deconstructive lo-fi of Pavement. Eccentricities abound, usually framed by a combination of ukuleles, synthesizers and percussion, but the band is always to keep the songs focused around a basic verse and chorus frame. The songs explore a variety of genres but are able to remain enjoyable throughout.

What binds the songs together is spare production that highlights the smallest details. Every guitar chord and note struck on the bells is distinctive and contributes to the structure of the song. Family Family Family Meets the Magic Christian finds great impact in exploring the expansiveness of minimalism.
– Prefix Magazine

with:
MAP

9PM / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 11.04.08: ELECTION DAY PARTY with DEAD PONIES / ASHES DIVIDE (Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle) / THE CATHOLIC COMB

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Dead Ponies || Watch

For nearly two years, Los Angeles’ Dead Ponies have ridden hard to blaze their own luminous trail in the city’s immense musical terrain. Now, with a brand new video in its arsenal, the heavy yet atmospheric and accessible indie rock quartet is getting ready to take its unique sound on the road…Dead Ponies’ live performances are high energy and raw.
“When we play, we try to rock our faces off,” says Robertshaw. “Whether we succeed is a whole different matter. But for 40 minutes we’re gonna lay ourselves out with little regard for pretense.”
– Campus Circle

with:
Ashes Divide
The Catholic Comb

Election results will be broadcast in the back bar

9PM / FREE / 21+

Saturday 11.01.08: THE PARSON RED HEADS / WILLOUGHBY / THE SPIRES / THE SWEET HURT

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The Parson Redheads

The Parson Red Heads || Listen || Watch

The hydra-headed Parson Red Heads brought their nine-person implosion of roots-rock Americana next, proceeding to play the new, six-song EP in it’s entirety before moving on to older tracks. “County Line” began as a three-minute instrumental, a gentle rise-and-fall of graceful, near-ambient beauty, before launching into a bouncy rocker, driven by the pet sounds of Evan Way’s harmonized vocal and David Swenson’s elastic basslines; “Got it All” was a starburst of pop verses surrounded by the thunderous, marrow-rattling crash of circuitous guitar riffs; and EP closer “Crowds” featured the band’s golden vocal harmonies interweaving above a hushed acoustic churn and Brette Way’s looping drum fills.

Nine people performing on a stage could’ve collapsed into a messy spatter of musical disorganization, with songs and time signatures Jackson Pollack’d across the set; it’s a tribute to the Red Heads’ skill that their live show is equal to their recordings, if only a bit louder and fueled by a rougher, sweatier energy. They’re also more than the sum of their influences—though often mentioned in the same critical breath as the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds, they’ve forged their own brand of country-and-harmony-inflected L.A. rock, one that continues a tradition instead of just standing upon it. – Web In Front

with:
Willoughby
The Spires
The Sweet Hurt || Listen

9PM / $6 advance; $8 day of show / 21+

Sunday 11.23.08: FERDINAND (Record Release Party) / DOUBLE NAUGHT SPY CAR / BOLLWEEVIL / PATRIA JACOBS

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Ferdinand (Record Release Party) || Listen || Watch

Disgruntled temps from various dusty valleys of Los Angeles, splintering the rock into jagged, crunchy shards–with a soft gooey center. Unfashionable, disheveled music to set your cubicle on fire by. – Artist Direct

with:
Double Naught Spy Car
Bollweevil
Patria Jacobs

9pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 11.24.08: Co-Residency with THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL / MARCHING BAND (from Sweden) / THE VOYEURS / TIGERS CAN BITE YOU

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The Western States Motel

Writing, producing, and recording under the name the Western States Motel, California native Carl Jordan’s work is the musical equivalent of that mint on your pillow at the end of the night: low-key, unexpected, and sweet. Mixing shimmery summer sounds with unlikely introspection, Jordan’s songs call to mind the smooth sounds of bands like the Shins and Grandaddy. The mellow “Rows of Homes” trots along effortlessly, the poppy instrumentals a perfect foil to Jordan’s Stephin Merritt-esque deadpan. – Spin

This duo of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind play low-key, folk-touched indie pop on “Feel Good About It”, from their forthcoming album produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Lilys). Sunbring and Lind trade high, close harmonies and reassuring words over a warm, slightly ramshackle backing of acoustic guitar, piano, drums, and light electronic effects, like the Shins sliding down better-fitting chutes. – Pitchfork

with:
The Voyeurs
Tigers Can Bite You

9pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 11.17.08: Co-Residency with THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL / MARCHING BAND (from Sweden) / B.R.A.M. / THE KARABAL NIGHTLIFE

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The Western States Motel

Writing, producing, and recording under the name the Western States Motel, California native Carl Jordan’s work is the musical equivalent of that mint on your pillow at the end of the night: low-key, unexpected, and sweet. Mixing shimmery summer sounds with unlikely introspection, Jordan’s songs call to mind the smooth sounds of bands like the Shins and Grandaddy. The mellow “Rows of Homes” trots along effortlessly, the poppy instrumentals a perfect foil to Jordan’s Stephin Merritt-esque deadpan. – Spin

This duo of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind play low-key, folk-touched indie pop on “Feel Good About It”, from their forthcoming album produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Lilys). Sunbring and Lind trade high, close harmonies and reassuring words over a warm, slightly ramshackle backing of acoustic guitar, piano, drums, and light electronic effects, like the Shins sliding down better-fitting chutes. – Pitchfork

with:
B.R.A.M.
The Karabal Nightlife || Listen

9pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 11.10.08: Co-Residency with THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL & MARCHING BAND (from Sweden) / THE CARTOGRAPHERS / THE BOXING LESSON

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The Western States Motel

Writing, producing, and recording under the name the Western States Motel, California native Carl Jordan’s work is the musical equivalent of that mint on your pillow at the end of the night: low-key, unexpected, and sweet. Mixing shimmery summer sounds with unlikely introspection, Jordan’s songs call to mind the smooth sounds of bands like the Shins and Grandaddy. The mellow “Rows of Homes” trots along effortlessly, the poppy instrumentals a perfect foil to Jordan’s Stephin Merritt-esque deadpan. – Spin

This duo of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind play low-key, folk-touched indie pop on “Feel Good About It”, from their forthcoming album produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Lilys). Sunbring and Lind trade high, close harmonies and reassuring words over a warm, slightly ramshackle backing of acoustic guitar, piano, drums, and light electronic effects, like the Shins sliding down better-fitting chutes. – Pitchfork

with:
The Cartographers
The Boxing Lesson

9pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 11.03.08: Co-Residency with THE WESTERN STATES MOTEL & MARCHING BAND (from Sweden) / WRONG WAY DRIVER / 13th HOLE (from France)

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The Western States Motel

Writing, producing, and recording under the name the Western States Motel, California native Carl Jordan’s work is the musical equivalent of that mint on your pillow at the end of the night: low-key, unexpected, and sweet. Mixing shimmery summer sounds with unlikely introspection, Jordan’s songs call to mind the smooth sounds of bands like the Shins and Grandaddy. The mellow “Rows of Homes” trots along effortlessly, the poppy instrumentals a perfect foil to Jordan’s Stephin Merritt-esque deadpan. – Spin