LEMON SUN TONIGHT ON KXLU 88.9FM

TONIGHT on KXLU 88.9 FM- 2+ hours with LEMON SUN on the Neüz Pollution show. They hit the airwaves at 11PM for you night owls...

Also, the band's video for 'Telephone' is in an INDIE 103 contest, so go watch and vote for them at http://indie1031.com/video.php

NON STOP BHANGRA 19 TONIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO

::: Saturday November 18th:::

NON STOP BHANGRA
Dholrhythms
Jimmy Love
DJ Sep
VJ Christo
JT

The Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street, SF
Doors: 8 - 2
Bhangra Danced Lesson 9
$10 Advance $15 Door
PRESALE: Now Available!

DECISIONS, DECISIONS....TOO MANY SHOWS IN LA TONIGHT

It's a bad problem to have: too many great shows in one night. That's tonight if you live in LA.

HOT CHIP/BORN RUFFIANS @ Henry Fonda Theater-Music Box

SABROSA PURR/GOSLING @ Safari Sam's

THE MOVIES @ Spaceland

GABRIEL MANN@ Room 5

SEAN LENNON @ El Rey Theater

Dammit all...........

BOTTOM OF THE HILL TONIGHT: LEMON SUN/IRVING/WHYSALL LANE/ +/-

Damn; 3 former FUTURE SOUNDS bands on one bill, plus +/- !!!????

BOTTOM OF THE HILL in San Francisco has just that tonight.

You know how I feel about LEMON SUN, it's not often when the opening band is this amazing, then to get back-to-back-to-back bands like this. A value for this ticket price.

Friday November 17 9:00 pm
$8 in advance / $10 at the door(all ages)
Irving
+/-
Whysall Lane
Lemon Sun

LIVE LETDOWNS

Don't you hate it when you get your hopes set high about some band, only to see it live and have everything your imagination had created simply shattered? Mine happened last night with BEACH HOUSE. I absolutely LOVE their music, but the live show was weak. Smoke and mirrors. Heavy on the effects, nothing magical. It goes to show that making an amazing album in your home studio Pro Tools rig is both a good and bad thing. The musicianship of Beach House was at a very low level. I guess it's not their fault, they are just a young band getting attention, and their abilities are what they are, but after listening to that cd and hearing all that swirling beauty, I thought I was about to witness something special. So driving over to the Echo I braced for either lightning in a bottle, or what could be a letdown. Victoria Legrand definately has something, a presence in there, but it's still too shy. The vocals are there no doubt. I was more dissapointed in her partner in crime, Alex Scally, who seemed to be out of time often and uninspired.

The previous night I had hoped to see something equally as unique in the Australians known as THE DEVASTATIONS. They could at least really play their instruments, but I was hoping to get a snapshot at something dark and twisted from down under, like redneck David Lynch music. Instead, it was a bunch of nice guys dropping lyrics like, "My mother, she was a whore/ my father I barely knew/he said hold on" and it didn't register as authentic. They were a good band, but there are a lot of good bands in the world. It's a tough business to be in that's for sure, and it's tough to make a living off of 'good', or even 'great'. Overall I'm just bummed that I had two chances of possibly seeing some kind of personalities, something that builds fantasy - at least in my own mind, but instead I saw some working class acts performing their songs rather than living them.

TONIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO: LEMON SUN @ CLUB LOADED

As if the RICKSHAW STOP wasn't bringing you enough of a good time this weekend at NON-STOP BHANGRA, tonight they give you CLUB LOADED, and Los Angeles' LEMON SUN. In the first of two San Francisco performances this week, they'll be joined on the bill by THE WHITE DIAMONDS.

Also check out the video for 'Telephone, Are You Alive' on their Myspace page> http://www.myspace.com/lemonsun

Hosted by Nikki Bangles - 10 p.m.$6

Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell St
San Francisco, CA 94102

LEMON SUN - http://www.lemonsun.org

BEACH HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT - THE ECHO

I've been talking to everyone I know about this magical band, and tonight is my first chance to see what is 'BEACH HOUSE' live, when they play at THE ECHO in Echo Park. I like these publicity photos for the band, because it kinda captures the feeling that you get listening to their cd. Very much in the BROADCAST camp of sound and imagery, it also has this WICKER MAN type of creepiness, and I mean that only in the best possible way.

Download 'Auburn & Ivory' off of THE YELLOW STEREO to get an idea of what you're in for.

Here are the show details:
Thursday, November 16 at 8:30 PM
Ariel Pink with Beach House / Over the Atlantic
$7.00

The Echo: 1822 West Sunset BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90026

BEACH HOUSE - http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic

THE DEVESTATIONS TONIGHT @ SPACELAND

TONIGHT @ SPACELAND: THE DEVASTATIONS
Indie 103 presents CLUB NME with The Devastations, Airborne Toxic Event + DJ's
9PM $10

Not sure if you've heard these guys yet, but they are a new band from Australia signed to Beggars Banquet. They sound like a cross between THE NATIONAL and the TINDERSTICKS, with a mix of NICK CAVE, SCOTT WALKER and LEONARD COHEN. So it's kinda dark, exactly. They've had a wild tour of the US and Canada thus far, closing in on the final two shows. The headliner for the tour backed out, causing them to cancel some dates. Their new album, Coal, was released on Brassland on October 24th in the US, and Beggars Banquet in the UK and beyond.

THE DEVASTATIONS - http://www.devastations.net/

LA TONIGHT: GOSLING + ROSE HILL DRIVE

Two former FUTURE SOUNDS bands share the bill tonight at SPACELAND in Silverlake. V2's GOSLING (FS16) are promoting their new record, Here Is, which I think is a fantastic record that isn't getting it's propers if you ask me (who did?).



Actually headlining the bill are ROSE HILL DRIVE (FS10, who have their self-titled disc to share. I haven't heard it yet, but the band is terrific live.

Here's the info:

Rose Hill Drive
featuring
Gosling / Singles / Robins
at Spaceland
Friday, November 10 at 9:00 PM
U.S.$8.00


GOSLING - http://www.goslingmusic.com/

ROSE HILL DRIVE - http://www.rosehilldrive.com/

Film School: five songs into new album

PUDDLEGUM ran this update on FILM SCHOOL this morning...............

Film School is five songs into their next album. The band is self-producing the album in their home city of San Francisco and L.A. The band's management, From The Future, told Puddlegum to "expect something lush and dreamy, but still very Film School." The album will be released in early 2007 on Beggars, but no release date has been set yet.

On August 15, Film School released 11:11 single from their self-titled LP along with a new song Walk Until Sunday that gives hints of where the band is heading musically. The single was first released and targeted in the UK through Beggars before being released on iTunes in the US.

As Puddlegum reported, On and On will be featured on the soundtrack of a film called You Are Here. The movie was written and directed by Henry Pincus, and produced by Paul Schiff (Mona Lisa Smile, Rushmore). The soundtrack also features Bloc Party and The Rapture.

Film School - Harmed

Film School on:
iTunes // Emusic // Insound // Hype Machine // Elbo.ws

LA ROCCA'S VAN/GEAR STOLEN IN PHILADELPHIA

Damn! What's wrong with the City of Brotherly Love? It's almost monthly that some bands gets their stuff stolen in Philadelphia. This time, it's LA ROCCA. There can't be a worse feeling for a band than being out on the road, in the middle of the tour, sleeping in the Travelodge, and having all of your gear stolen. It's not about having insurance on it, it's about that violation to your possessions that you've worked hard to assemble, customize, and get just right. So you miss some shows, it's the pedals, the samples (if you use them), the old case with the stickers on it from your old bands. Having lived through it before with FILM SCHOOL in Philly, I want to help bring awareness to what has happened to LA ROCCA and direct anyone that wants to help to the band's management:
hubmanagement@gmail.com - Attn: Troy

IF YOU SEE ANY OF THIS GEAR - PLEASE CONTACT THEM ASAP

WHITE 1997 DODGE RAM VAN -
License 3VN W138

INSTRUMENTS -
(most in cases and with La Rocca stencilled on side)

Roland XP30 (BP56576)
Yamaha P60 (UALJO1238)

Rickenbacker 4005 Bass (23884)
Fender Precision Bass (B157333)
Ampeg Bass Cabinet 8x10
Ashdown Bass Head 500 (21094-03GS)

Yamaha Oak Custom Drum Kit

Fender Telecaster (M23004737)
Gibson L6-S (501266)
Martin DXK2 Dreadnought Acoustic
Tanglewood Acoustic (TWOSJCE-LH)
Fender DeVille Twin Amplifier (B-213552)

Line 6 Delay Modeler Pedal
Boss Tuner Pedal x 3
Boss Overdrive Pedal

LA ROCCA - http://www.larocca.ie/
Any support makes a differnt when rebuilding from scratch.

TONIGHT @ SPACELAND: DAPPLED CITIES FLY

You may recall this band, DAPPLED CITIES FLY, from Sydney, Australia from their inclusion on FUTURE SOUNDS 23. If not, welcome to the party. Go listen to some of their tracks on their Myspace page > http://www.myspace.com/dappledcitiesfly

For those of you from Los Angeles, you have 2 chances to see them this week.

TONIGHT @ SPACELAND
They go on first, so 9pm.
Free Show

WEDNESDAY @ THE SILVERLAKE LOUNGE
$7

DAPPLED CITIES FLY - http://www.dappledcitiesfly.com/

WEEKEND TREATS

Fujiya & Miyagi
TRACK: Collarbone
Funky ass track off of 'Transparent Things' LP
http://www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk/

Kristoffer Ragnstam
TRACK: Breakfast by the Mattress
This year's 'I Turned My Camera On' (Spoon) - Swedish freak!
http://www.ragnstam.se/default.asp

LOVELIKEFIRE
TRACK: Wish You Dead
Saw them last night at El Cid, this one is blooming- look out!
http://www.lovelikefire.com/

BLACKMARKET
TRACK: Night In Question
Arizona's hottest band.
http://www.myspace.com/blackmarketaz

THE SLITS
TRACK: Slits Tradition
Old favorites make a comback - MIA take notes.
http://theslits.co.uk/

THE WOMBATS
TRACKS: Moving To New York, Patricia The Stripper
UK act with an EP on KIDS. Check 'em out.
http://www.thewombats.co.uk/

FRENEMIES
TRACK: Everybody Wants a Piece of You
Maryland act mixes New Order with Sea & Cake
http://www.myspace.com/frenemies

THE CHANGES
TRACKS: When I Wake, On A String
Off the excellent full length, Today Is Tonight.
http://www.the-changes.com/

Not exactly new, but everytime I play it I realize stars are in our midsts, that new SILVERSUN PICKUPS CD, Carnavas, has moments of brilliance. What the hell is in the water there at Dangerbird Records?? Jeff, you have amazing ears.
http://www.silversunpickups.com/

Same goes for that KOOKS record, Inside In Inside Out. Song after song of something melodic - a novel idea it seems these days.
TRACKS: She Moves In Her Own Way, Ooh La
http://www.thekooks.co.uk/

TONIGHT: LOVE LIKE FIRE IN LA - EL CID

Some Bay Area bands slide down to LA TONIGHT for a good time at my favorite mariachi joint - EL CID on Sunset in Silverlake. Be sure to catch LOVE LIKE FIRE, as I've been in love with 'Wish You Dead' since they sent it to me, and it's now available for download on their Myspace page - http://myspace.com/lovelikefire.
CITIZENS HERE AND ABROAD are also on the bill, a band worth seeing!

Friday, November 3 - El Cid - $8
LOVE LIKE FIRE 10:30p
OK STRANGER 9:30p
CITIZENS HERE AND ABROAD 11:30p
El Cid is located at 4212 Sunset Blvd. at the intersection of Sunset and Myra.

LOVE LIKE FIRE - http://www.lovelikefire.com/