Mergence at the Viper Room

Mergence played the Viper Room with The Shakers.  This bands came to us from Arizona.  They say on their Facebook page that their sound is blues rock.  One can't complain about that.  

Blackcoat at Casey's

It was off to Casey's for a birthday party. I went to the back to catch a band and as soon as I heard the voice, I was thinking: this sounds like Automatique. Well, the band is called Blackcoat and the lead singer is from Automatique.  And band members from Automatique were there to support.

This is a two piece band.  Guitar and violin.  If you like Restavrant, you'll like this band.

A Movie Review: Looper

Looper. An interesting movie about time travel. In the future, all humanity apparently are tagged so it is difficult to just kill someone and then bury them. The mob obviously wants to dump bodies without the bodies being found. The fact that there is an ability to time travel helps out with this problem. Folks in the future that the mob wants to dump are sent to the past where a Looper does the killing. A new mob boss comes to power and decides he wants to start things fresh and so he starts to kill off all the Loopers in the future by sending them to the present and having their younger selves kill off the old selves, which means the Looper in the past has only about 30 years to live. Well, one Looper in the past escapes from his younger self and so the chase is on.

It is an intriguing storyline. Yes, there are questions the pop up, but it is a well thought out concept and therefore makes for an enjoyable movie experience.

A Movie Review: Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie is another demented movie from the mind of Tim Burton. And I found it enjoyable. I will say that the ending of the movie brought up conflicting feelings; however. During the middle of the movie, the father said something about it not being appropriate to play around with life and death. I agree with him.

Sad Robot at Silverlake Lounge

Sad Robot is the residency band at Silverlake Lounge for October.  They made sure everyone was pumped up as they started their set off with a blast.  They slowed it down and then pumped us back up at the end.

Exchange of the night:

Lead singer Katherine:  Hello

Random individual walking past:  Hello

Comment of the night:  I sound like a salesman, I really do.

Orange Umbrella at Silverlake Lounge

After skipping two Mondays, I was back out catching Los Angeles bands around Silverlake/Echo Park. Reason for skipping out the past two Mondays? Well, last week, Culture Collide took a lot out of me so I decided to stay at home. Anyways, it was out and about on this Monday and I headed over to Silverlake Lounge where I caught Orange Umbrella.

Now one of my assumptions was that only singer-songwriters from Europe/Australia have band names while Americans go by their own name.  Well, that assumption got blown out of the water on this night as Josh Rowley is playing as Orange Umbrella.  Of course, one such example does not destroy a theory, right?

Did I enjoy my first Monday set in two weeks?  Yes, I did.

Lyric of the set:  Hold me now, don't you let me fall down.


 

Leftover Cuties at Eagle Rock Music Festival

My last band of the day at the Eagle Rock Music Festival was Leftover Cuties.   They reminded me of She & Him.

Comment of the set:  I can't understand half of what I'm thinking.

 

The Lions at Eagle Rock Music Festival

It was off to catch The Lions at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.  Honest truth, they started to follow me on twitter, which convinced me to go catch them live.  I'm very happy I did.  Reggae awesomeness, I say.  

Comment of the set:  Are the kids feeling good?

I think the kids were feeling good.

Dream Homes at Eagle Rock Music Festival

Unfortunately, I can't find a band link to Dream Homes.  This band has some melodic vocals.

Update: I gave it another go and found a Facebook link.

 

Captions at Eagle Rock Music Festival

Captions played an engaging set at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.

Noticed:  A relative posing for a photo in front of the guitarist -- featured below.

Comment of the set:  We had some car trouble, but I don't want to bother you with that.

Cigaratte Bums at Eagle Rock Music Festival

I've followed Cigarette Bums off and on.  The last time I saw them was two years ago.  Time flies.  It is nice to know they still can put on a good punk set.

Update:  Comment of the set after a burp:  Oh dear, that sounds good . . . That's what beer tastes like.

Crimekillz at Eagle Rock Music Festival

Crimekillz was the first band that I saw at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.  I'll call it techno-rap punk.  A lot of songs ended with "Mom."

The Mo-odds at El Cid

It was off to El Cid to catch The Mo-odds.   The band has expanded from 4 to 6 recently giving them a fuller sound.

Also, recently, the lead singer has had this habit of undressing during the second half of their sets.   I believe the first time I noticed this was at Silver Lake Jubilee.  This set off a few comments . . .

Comment of the night 1: He does this every set.

Comment of the night 2: That's why your phone always breaks.