Nice Nice with We Break Cameras and Bullied By Strings
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
8:30 p.m.
$8 ADV/$10 DAY OF SHOW
The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Free music sounds even better when it’s not illegally obtained. Well, OK, maybe it sounds the same, but you can feel better knowing the artists approve of your thriftiness. Enjoy the following free downloads courtesy of the artists themselves!
Robyn – El Perro Del Mar will be returning to LA for a show at the Troubadour March 3rd and what better way to prep for the performance than with a sweet remix of the song everyone will be eager to hear: “Change of Heart – Rakamonie Remix”
Photo by: Samantha Rapp
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It’s 3 AM and I’ve just finished watching five straight hours of American Idol. When I signed on for this gig, I was so excited to write for an audience that it slipped my mind that I would no longer have the luxury of watching AI over margaritas and bean dip at the Mexican cantina like the rest of you slobs. Instead, I must DVR each episode, watch them alone so as not to have any distractions, and make sure I take in every minute with a careful and discerning eye, scribbling furiously in my little notebook any detail that I may find relevant in my analysis. In the course of each episode, I prepare many graphs and charts, formulate statistics at intervals, and calculate many complicated algorithms in my attempt to fully relate the AI experience to you, the reader. When I’m done watching American Idol during any given week, my living room looks like the Manhattan Project got hit with a tornado that started in Thomas Edison’s laboratory. I’m totally serious. This is what I go through.
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For nearly a decade, I’ve been convinced that traditional music has been tapped out and that the only amazing or unique albums would be found in the experimental scene. Lately though, with the emergence of breakout bands like Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Kaiser Chiefs, etc., my interest in Alternative Rock has been completely rejuvenated.
Case in point: the band Surfer Blood caught my eye recently. I initially picked up their new album, Astro Coast, from a recommendation on Amazon, not only because the sample clips showed great potential, but also because I don’t have a single album in my collection with a shark on the cover, much less a mixed up, mosaic of one. 
After repeated listens, I’ve developed quite a love for this album. It’s an addiction that goes far beyond the maritime cover. The album has a lighthearted charm throughout every song despite the stylistic fusion taking place. At first I didn’t know how to define their style since every song has a unique feel to it. I constantly found myself wondering, “Is this New Wave/Lo-Fi/surf punk? Is it Dance Pop/Ambient/Alt rock?” Honestly, I still can’t narrow it down, but it may be their desire to experiment with sound, as well as their brilliant execution of it, that makes Astro Coast that much more quirky, addictive, and harder to stop listening to.
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Coming home from my night job in Los Angeles is good for a number of reasons. There’s less traffic on the commute and a wide variety of nocturnal eye candy. There’s Micro-Miniskirt Girls shivering in 40-degree Fahrenheit weather in front of the clubs, and the Shambling Undead leaping in front of my car. It’s like a drive-thru safari all along Hollywood Blvd. Once I park in the city garage and slink past our resident homeless guy as he sings lullabies to the soda cans in the trash, I pretty much sprint to my apartment. Unfortunately, it’s 3:30 AM and I’m so wired from panic and adrenaline that the only thing I can really do to calm down is watch TV- and at 3:30 in the morning, unless you want Enzyte ads, the only thing that’s watchable is VH1’s aptly-titled Insomniac. What sets this program apart from all other music-video shows is that it actually plays music videos- and this, boys and girls, is how I discovered Owl City.
On February 25, 1992, one of the most influential heavy metal artists delivered the most influential heavy metal album with Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power. Released via Atco, a division of Atlantic, and produced by the renowned Terry Date, Vulgar Display of Power saw a shift in prowess from its predecessor, Cowboys From Hell.
According to Date, the ambition behind Vulgar was that “Pantera wanted to make the heaviest record of all time.” The band succeeded, as Vulgar Display of Power became the pivotal album that quelled glam metal and defined post-thrash in the ’90s.
Considering that 30 Seconds to Mars’ third full-length, This Is War, debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album charts and sold nearly 71,000 copies in the first week, I think it’s safe to assume there are a whole lot of people out there hoping to see the trio live in 2010. If you happen to fall into that category (and happen to live in the US), I have good news for ya: the band has announced the US dates for their Into the Wild tour!
Got a hankering for rich, melodious guitar riffs!?!? Are you craving a harmonic somberness that would choke a donkey!?!? Well fiend no more! Those familiar with Buckethead’s avant-garde rock stylings may be somewhat underwhelmed by the news of a new release by the artist—he usually drops about 4 to 5 full-length LPs a year—but don’t let his latest effort, Shadows Between The Sky, get washed away in his ocean of a discography. This release offers a 44-minute glimpse at a melodic dream, a woven tapestry of soul filled with jubilant guitar progressions and melancholy overtones that will leave any instrumental music lover craving more.
