OUT TO SEE: AGESANDAGES AND LAKE AT THE BOOTLEG THEATRE
TRAffIK had looked forward to April 16th for some time now. as this was the night that AgesandAges and Lake were sharing the stage at the Bootleg Theatre. Lake first crossed our paths back in November 2009 when they played a set at The Smell while AgesandAges came by the inTRAffiKradio studio this past January for an interview an live performance prior to their L.A. show at the Satellite. While we’d been fans of AgesandAges’ frontman Tim Perry’s previous musical project Pseudosix (which led us to the discovery of the existence of AgesandAges), coming across Lake was a total accident.
I was there with a group of friends to see another band. Lake came on and just stole the night for me. So for the past year plus, I’ve visited their website on a regular basis– seeing when they might be coming out to Los Angeles again. Serendipitously enough, via news from Ages and Ages during their inTRAffIKradio interview, would you know it, we learned that the two bands were planning a tour together. Making one stop in L.A. during a weekend filled with Coachella Madness to play the Bootleg Theatre, along with a third band Boris Smile. Being fans of both of the touring comrades with every stop we made at the Bootleg for the past month or so, we’d point out the AgesandAges and Lake upcoming show poster and would tell friends we were with that if they were in town on that Saturday night, this was not a show to miss.
Finally, the Saturday night of the show came around. One has to give it up to the opening band on the bill, Boris Smile. You add a tuba, trumpet and a trombone in a band (and let’s not forget the clarinet) and out comes this awesome brass band/indie pop mix. In between the Boris Smile and Ages and Ages set, I got into a conversation with a guy from New Zealand. (I’ve recently gotten back from an Auckland, New Zealand vacation so you’ll be reading about it here soon.) We had a brief conversation about Auckland venues and New Zealand musicians. It wasn’t long into AgesandAges when he leaned over and said, “Notice the back-up singer. He is so passionate. Just look at that passion.” Yep, it was an energy filled set. The Bootleg proved to be the perfect venue for these two bands, showcasing the 7-part harmonies of AgesandAges. As AgesandAges left the stage, my New Zealand friend said, “I’m here tonight because of Lake.” I hope Lake met Timothy Blackman from New Zealand (and here’s a written “shout-out” link to his website, as he is a musician). He wasn’t at the Bootleg just randomly checking out the Los Angeles music scene. He was there specifically to see Lake. I’m betting no one else came that far to see Lake. Though Timothy might be considered fan number one on this specific night, that didn’t mean that the rest of us weren’t extremely happy to see both AgesandAges and Lake on a Los Angeles stage together. Appreciative applause broke out after each song.
The touring companions had a brief stay in L.A. as the next morning they were scheduled to play a pool party in Coachella. With both bands being from the Northwest, one can only hope that they survived the hot dry weather of the hipster-filled desert.
For those who anxious to catch Lake and AgesandAges you still have plenty of time to do so as their L.A. stop was only Day Four of their month long tour. To find out if they’re playing a city near you please visit their respective websites at AgesandAges.com and Laketheband.com.
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WHERE WE’RE HEADED: SATURDAY APRIL 15TH – AGESANDAGES PLUS LAKE @BOOTLEG THEATRE
This Saturday Portland, OR band AgesandAges passes through L.A. (at the Bootleg Theater) in support of their first full-length “Alright You Restless,” which we’ve had on constant rotation on intraffikradio. Their last visit to L.A. was prior to the album’s release with fellow Portland bands Typhoon and Brainstorm. This time around however, they are sharing a bill (and tour) with the Olympia, WA band LAKE and having had AgesandAges in our studio doing a live on-air performance of some of their songs off of this album (which you can listen to here via podcast), we highly recommend catching them live.
For tickets click here
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