The Echo: Capyac with Mobley, Annabelle Maginnis and Two Lips

It was off to The Echo to catch Capyac's residency.

Opening up was the amazing Mobley who came to The Echo from Austin, Texas. He jumped around between drums, keyboards and guitar. He even had his own self-made instrument where he turned those in The Echo's crowd into his own drumset.

Annabelle Maginnis took up the stage next. This is the first time I've seen her under her own name versus that of MetronOhm. She started her set by showing off her music video, Little Toes. Very dreamy sounds.

Two Lips brought us the dance moves.

Capyac closed it out with some dance sounds, as well, along with a large hair wig.

The Satellite: Harry Katz and The Pistachios with Eva Dolezalova and Dario Bronco

It was off to The Satellite to catch Harry Katz and The Pistachios' May residency.

I'm not going to lie that the big surprise of the evening was Eva Dolezalova. She opening the night and blew me away with her charismatic style. Her energetic performance was actually her first set ever. Unbelievable.

Eva Dolezalova

Dario Bronco showed some singer-songwriter muscle.

Dario Bronco

Harry Katz and The Pistachios turned up the choir rock.

Harry Katz and The Pistachios

El Cid: Isla June, Alicia Blue, French Mouth

It was off to El Cid to catch some bands on a Sunday afternoon. French Mouth opened up the afternoon with some rocks sounds.

French Mouth

Isla June is a musician I've wanted to catch for a few months now. Her sound soothed the soul.

Isla June

Alicia Blue brought the singer-songwriter magic.

Alicia Blue

Cosmic Vinyl: Hawk Percival & Friends and Sam Morrow

I happened to notice that Hawk Percival and Friends was playing a set at Cosmic Vinyl. I decided to head on out as I always enjoy her music. Of course, duh, I accidentally headed to Permanent Records first. After a quick realization that this was the wrong spot, I re-directed myself down the street. I really can't get enough of her vocals.

Haw Percival and Friends

Sam Morrow opened the afternoon for me. He did a solo set. I'm not sure if I got a real good feel for his music as he mentioned that he usually plays with a full band and an electric guitar versus the acoustic guitar he used for this particular set. No matter, it was an enjoyable set.

Sam Morrow

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 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

School Night: whenyoung with Another Sky and Bikini Trill

It was off to School Night where I ran into a new favorite band called whenyoung. Unfortunately, this band lives in London. Their tunes just have this addicting quality to it. And I just can't get enough of their lead vocalist and how she just stretches certain words for just a split second longer than might be seen as normal, but it creates a uniqueness to their sound.

whenyoung

Opening up was Bikini Trill who one might mistake for a glam rock band, but actually gets you dancing.

Bikini Trill

Another Sky's lead vocalist has those deep female vocals that will make you swoon.

Another Sky

The Bootleg Theater: Jamie Drake residency

Jamie Drake is the March residency artist at the Bootleg Theater. There were a couple unique twists on this night. Blankets were laid out on the floor of the Bootleg Theater and many of those who came to catch the night of music sat on them. A handful of free popcorn bags were given out as well as free beer (which I wonder if the Bootleg Theater approved of that one). Also, the music was largely done in music rounds, which I haven't seen in awhile. The theme was singing around a camp fire.

Those joining the night were Robbie Fulks, Courtney Hartman, Zach Lupetin and Justine Bennett.

After sets by Jamie Drake and Robbie Fulks (who gave some amusing thoughts on life in North Carolina), all the musicians went on stage for three music rounds. 

Best Robbie Fulks story: He recently went to his 30th high school reunion. He recommended not going to your 30th high school reunion, because life can take a toll on folks. But he came across an individual who hardly looked like he'd aged. Talking with the guy, he found out that the individual had spent the last 30 years living with his parents, smoking week and doing occasional painting jobs for money. He couldn't help but wonder if that was the way one should live their life.

Best Justine Bennett story: Justine is close friends with Jamie Drake. She told a story about how a venue did some internet searches for a night that she was headlining. The venue wanted to create a poster. Unfortunately, they selected a photo of Jamie Drake.

The Satellite: The Absurd

The Absurd is the residency band at The Satellite. If you like a bit of irreverence when catching a band, you'll love this band. Their whole set started off with them stating that they were the Oil Barons and that no one should stick around for the next band up, The Absurd. The Oil Barons was the band coming up next.

This band brought some traditional rock sounds to The Satellite. 

The Satellite: The Gooms with Egg Drop Soup and It's Butter

It was the final residency night for The Gooms.

I couldn't help but notice that the music progressively got more aggressive.

It's Butter opened up with a jazz set.

It's Butter

The Gooms went on with some garage rock.

The Gooms

Egg Drop Soup ended the night with their punk rock sounds.

Egg Drop Soup

Highland Park Bowl: Sam Marine

I got an invite to catch Sam Marine at Highland Park Bowl. I had previously caught him at Echo Park Rising. I headed over and he was going on stage just as I walked in. It was a 30 minute rock set that thrilled due to his awesome vocals.