DELTRON 3030 RECOMMENDED: Jenny and Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now
Jenny Lewis resurfaces yet again from her post Troop Beverly Hills / Rilo Kiley years with another album…this time with her douchey boyfriend Jonathon Rice. Truth be told I know nothing about him…I just know that Jenny sounds better when she’s damaged and broken hearted. I present to you exhibit A: “Does He Love You” from Rilo Kiley’s 2004 “More Adventurous.”09-02-03 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall $
09-03 Oakland, CA – The New Parish
09-05 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge !
09-06 Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot
09-08 Salt Lake City, NV – State Room !
09-09 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
09-11 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room !
09-12 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center !
09-13 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall !
09-14 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom !
09-16 Washington, DC – Black Cat !
09-17 Pawtucket, RI – Met Cafe !
09-18 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena *
09-19 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront *
09-21 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s !
09-22 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero ^
09-23 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
09-24 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
09-25 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
09-28 Dallas, TX – Granada
09-29 Austin, TX – Emo’s
10-03 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium #
10-21 Toronto, Ontario – Sound academy **@
10-22 Detroit, MI – Fillmore **@
10-28 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium **
10-29 North Charleston, SC – Performing Arts Center **
10-30 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theater **
12-12 Minehead, England – ATP Bowlie 2 Festival #
** with Band of Horses
@ with The Besnard Lakes
$ with Ganglians
! with Love as Laughter
* with Pavement
^ with Superchunk
# with Belle and Sebastian
SIRIA’S JULY PLAYLIST…
Another month has come and gone and somehow we are now in August. This last month was a blur for me between balancing out my semi-creative professional life with my semi-professional creative life as two creative projects came to fruition. The first being the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles which brought together many hard-working creative rockin’ chicks from all over LA (and even neighboring states and cities) to help teach little girls the right way to rock your face off, all the while building self-esteem and self-empowerment over the course of a super inspiring week. The second was the launch (currently in test mode) of TRAffIK Radio, which brought (and will continue to bring) together many talented individuals involved in various areas of the LA Arts scene. You can currently listen to the live stream at www.intraffikradio.com as well as check out the schedule for the dj hosted shows, which will begin/resume as early as this Saturday August 7th at noon. Once we go live, we’ll introduce all of those djs and shows to you.
Music is always a big part of my life, and from those fore-mentioned two projects and since July almost felt like two months put together (at least for me), I’m sure you can guess that this past month I once again listened to much more than my fair share of music to get an idea just add several thousand more songs on to this July playlist (no not kidding, seriously). On with my July Playlist:
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “Home”
I’m currently somewhere between still loving this song (I can still listen to and enjoy the whole album) and starting to get over it. It seems like it’s been playing in every single place I go, by every single person I know. It’s been over a year since this was released right? You’d think it just got put out last month. I am glad that Alex Ebert (formerly of Ima Robot) brought us this project, though and that he’s continuing to make music, especially such good music. This is one of my only real motivations to make it to Sunset Junction this year after having skipped the past couple of festival installments, as it’s always fun to watch them live.
Altered Images – “Dead Pop Stars”
There are many, many, many bands I wish I could’ve seen at all or back when they were first starting out. This band is one of those. I would’ve loved to see them play with somebody like Suburban Lawns (no idea if they ever shared a bill). So long as I’m wishful thinking, maybe we could add Talking Heads to that same line-up.
Non Ultra Joy - “Another Day”
I got this track and “Pushing the Brand” hot off the press…err uhm fresh from mastering, just in time to include in our test run live stream of www.intraffikradio.com (thank you John Girgus), this is a very new local LA band full of super nice talented guys that you should check out live. I also just saw that Notes from Vivace also has them on his playlist! So they made it on both of ours with only two songs released thus far. (more…)