KIT at Vacation Vinyl, 10/15/10

So charming and fun,

It nearly overshadowed

Their ferocious jams!

Robedoor, Nymph, Suzy Star and Sneaky Snake at Malo Fun House, 10/10/10

Robedoor

A cylinder of
Sound that isolates you from
Any world but theirs.

Nymph

A psychedelic
LP played at 45:
Groovy and frantic.

Suzi Star

In the cocoon with
Rhythm just as it's morphing
Into melody.

Sneaky Snake

Like a cold sunrise -
Optimistic wisdom with
Mountain's majesty.

Caribou, Nite Jewel and Emeralds at the Henry Fonda Music Box, 10/8/10

Emeralds

The swagger with which
They developed their opus
Made that climax fierce.

Nite Jewel

The intricacy
Of each song is belied by
Relatable grooves

Caribou

A calculated

Spiral of sound springing loose

In celebration.

SAVE THE ECHO CURIO - ACTION TO TAKE!!

Hey Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Echo Curio has recently been the target of some rather shitty treatment at the hand of the local law enforcement. Laws are laws, yes, but we need to update laws to accommodate a changing society, and this is your opportunity to do so if you are willing! The Curio has been a source of kindness, creativity, open-mindedness and sanity during an era of ongoing erosion of these values in every day life. Los Angeles' artists living on the cusp of the poverty line, working soul-sucking day jobs and being told they are lucky to work them need SOMETHING, something other than the vapid and over-advertised Clear Channel/Live Nation/Goldenvoice/major label BULLSHIT that America has succumbed to as a poor excuse for artistic expression. The Curio provided the something, the antidote, and it's our responsibility to appreciate them for it. If the words on this blog or those like it have ever moved you, or if you care for poetry and music and art and for wandering off the beaten path in the cloister of your neighborhood among good people with earnest artistic intentions, give Eric Garcetti (city councilman) a call at 323-957-4500, or drop him a line at councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org. Please spread the word... we can't let the seeds of brilliance languish in the bankrupt soil of Los Angeles.

More info can be found here: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/locals-only/save-the-echo-curio-and-other/

With love, ire, passion and respect,
Christina

GUIDED BY VOICES AT THE WILTERN, 10/4/10

Imagine watching
Everyone's rock n' roll dream
Exploding to life.

Pavement, Sonic Youth and No Age at the Hollywood Bowl, 9/30/10

No Age

Our Band Could Be Your
Life, lived out on the largest
And most well-earned stage.

Sonic Fucking Youth

Articulated
Best by my friend, mouth agape,
"Did you see that, guys?!"

Pavement

Summer's last breath French
Kissed us, a warm fare-thee-well
From a college love.

Young Hunting, Ex-Detectives, and The Black Apples at the Echo Curio, 9/29/10

Ex-Detectives

Articulation

Of thoughtful doubt with weight in

All the right places

Young Hunting

A true, lush pleasure

To watch them unfold and stretch

Into blue anthems.

The Black Apples

Reckless abandon

Stimulates X chromosomes

Most salaciously.

Sun Araw and Oneotrix Point Never at the Echo, 9/28/10

Sun Araw

Their tropical blues

Infused with a splash of the

Euro dance shimmy

Oneotrix Point Never

Say the night sky gave

Each star a voice and reason

To argue their point.

Nite Jewel with Teen Inc. and Heart-Shaped Rock at the Troubadour, 9/02/10

Heart-Shaped Rock

Goth Cyndi Lauper
Fronting Depeche Mode during
R.E.M.'s nineties

Teen Inc.

Surreality.
Their creation seems other-
Worldly, brilliant.

Nite Jewel

The crystal clean of
Song craft fought its way through the
Muddied old sound board.

SFVacid at the Weltenbuerger Art Space, 8/27/10

Exhilarating
Like a sporting event, with each
Point scored to the beat.