The Hi Hat: Night Talks, Jessica Gerhardt, Scott Bertenhagen

I happened to notice that Night Talks was playing at The Hi Hat. I figured it would be a nice time to catch them for the first time in 2019. Lead singer Soraya mentioned that she had gone hiking that morning and was exhausted. It therefore made perfect sense that she ended her set crawling across the stage.

Night Talks

Jessica Gerhardt was the featured artist for the night. Her friends were out to support. There is a mystical vibe to her music. I started thinking about that Pixar movie called Brave.

Jessica Gerhardt

Scott Bertenhagen opened the night with some artsy sounds all come from a guitar, pedals and vocals.

Scott Bertenhagen

Harvard & Stone: Emma Cole and Kat Myers

It was tax day. Okay, so I had finally finished my taxes the week before, making this night a celebration of not having to do my taxes for another year.

Emma Cole is one of my favorite singers. There is just something awesome about how she powers through her songs.

Emma Cole

Kat Myers opened the night. This was her first set in about a year. She happened to joke that she should only do a set once a year. Nah, she seemed to have too much joy on stage to just play once a year.

Kat Myers

The Echo: Livingmore with Oddnesse, Dream Phases and Liv Slingerland

On this specific night at The Echo, I had actually done my Q&As with all the bands/musicians. Pretty cool.

Oddnesse

Dream Phases

Liv Slingerland

Livingmore

The Satellite: Forever X2 with Somme and Distant Cousins

Forever X2 is the residency band at the Satellite for April. I got to catch their opening night. This is a band that sort of evolved from Act As if -- a band I saw a handful of times back in the day. Gabby from Smoke Season joined in for a song.

Forever X2

Distant Cousins was one surprising band for me. That band with their vocals just killed it. I loved their set.

Distant Cousins

Somme opened up the night. She led with her vocals and, I couldn't help but notice, a bass. How often do lead singers play the bass versus the guitar? Pretty cool.

Somme

AEROS music videos at Club Bahia with Barrie Rose, Aimee Lay and Strange Phases

Sometimes bands or artists send me DMs on Instagram asking me to catch their sets. I don't get offers that often from special events. Well, I recently got an invitation to catch the AEROS premiere, which is a series of videos put together by various local musicians/bands. I decided to head over after taking a look at the lists of performers and saw that Barrie Rose was on the list. I last saw her way back in 2016 at Make Music Pasadena. That made my decision to agree to catch the video premiere. Also, I have to admit, I was a little intrigued by the venue it was being held at, Club Bahia. I've never been there, but they seem to "like" a lot of my Instagram photos.

Barrie Rose

Also, performing that night were Strange Phases and Aimee Lay I'd never heard of Strange Phases. And I've actually seen Aimee Lay's name listed around town, but had never had a chance to catch a set.

Aimee Lay

Admittedly, the sets for all three artists were short and sweet, but I'm happy I went. It is always nice to go someplace different, support a vision and see some local musicians perform.

Strange Phases