Jon Brion with Fiona Apple, Benmont Tench, Nickel Creek and Friends at Largo, 4/26/08

Jon Brion (solo set)

Mind with a 4-track
Recorder rolling as he
Drops all of our jaws.

Jon/Fiona Apple/Benmont Tench/Sarah and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek/Etc.

We were flies on the
Walls of LA history
Drinking in magic.

Yeasayer and Man Man at SOhO Restaraunt Santa Barbara, 4/24/08

Yeasayer:

Sitar inspired
And sensual, the ladies
Clearly loved this band.

Man Man

Clusterfuckery
And kitsch can only inspire
In deserving crowds.

Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses at King King, 4/09/08

As if I needed
A new reason to love the
Nineteen-seventies.

Kaki King at the Roxy, 3/26/08

Her foul-assed mouth to
Match her bad-assed guitar work
Almost turned me gay.

Born Ruffians and Cadence Weapon with Subtitle at the Echo, 3/19/08

Born Ruffians:

Sondre Lerche-like
With Avey-Tare-esque howling?
Yet, forgettable.

Cadence Weapon:

Puff-paint T-shirt plus
Capri pants, with a dash of
Pwnage concentrate.

Subtitle:

Six-foot-nine and gaunt
He wielded the cool without
Mercy or chagrin.

Port at the Hotel Cafe 3/14/08

Future Brushfire band
Complete with pseudo-reggae
And Led Zep covers.

The Mountain Goats with Jeffery Lewis and the Jitters at the Troubadour, 3/5/08

Jeffery Lewis and the Jitters

Americana
With a Beat Happening feel
Anarchist rage, too.

The Mountain Goats

All hail Nerd Rock King!!!
Rancor disguised with a smile
And cunning lyrics.

Be Your Own Pet at the El Rey, 3/4/08

Confidence displayed
That one wouldn't expect from
Teenage food fighters.

Be Your Own Pet at the Detroit Bar, 3/2/2008

Every punk girl's dream
Jumping on your bed, singing
Into a hairbrush.

Grizzly Bear and the LA Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, 3/1/08

LA Philharmonic

Magenta oboes
Among other surprises
Pushed their envelope.


Grizzly Bear

God's such a trickster
Hiding those angel voices
In gay indie boys!