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OUT TO SEE: FYF FEST

Notes From Vivace — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:19:03 +0000

Over the course of around ten hours, I caught thirteen bands on three stages (I was only able to catch a couple songs by three bands, which helps explain my ability to see so many bands in such a squeezed timeframe).

OUT TO SEE: SILVERLAKE JUBILEE PART 2 OF 2

Notes From Vivace — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:06:35 +0000

Santa Monica Stage Silverlake Jubilee was on a tighter schedule for day 2 versus day 1. The first band of the afternoon for me was Lilofee. They started their set with an awesome wall of sound. Comment: "We’re so excited to play here. We’re half way from Los Angeles and half way from San Francisco."

OUT TO SEE…METRIC

Notes From Vivace — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:42:01 +0000

Soon after, my friends began to arrive and we all hung out in the lobby until everyone showed up. We then pushed our way through the audience, ending up stage center. I think we pissed off about 50 people as we made our way through the crowd. We waited in the crowd during the sound check, speculating on rather or not Metric would start at either 9:45 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. They started their set at 9:45 p.m. I have to admit that I had to compare and contrast the Metric show with the Pixies, my last adventure at The Palladium. One thing about Metric, they didn’t tease the audience like the Pixies did.

OUT TO SEE…YEAR LONG DISASTER

Notes From Vivace — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:32:07 +0000

My observation of Year Long Disaster (pictured right and lower left): I think they must be anti-vampires. At one point, the lights came down and the lead singer said, “It is so dark and no one can see how handsome our bass player is.” This was said with a sense of humor, but he was serious because he gave a look to the back that indicated that he’d prefer to have the lights on. And when the lights went on, he said “Thank you.” Hmm, a fear of the dark?!?

NOTES FROM VIVACE: (15) Days of Summer

Notes From Vivace — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:38:55 +0000

The Upfront. Yes, I’m playing off of (500) Days of Summer,but we here at TRAffIK really liked that movie. What’s going on here. Now TRAffIK did technically kill off summer with the following blog, but hey, I had a nice summer and wish to do my own summer exit. This blog is going to take a trip from Highland Park to the Sunset Strip and various other locations between these two music spots.

Local Natives and The Monthlies

Notes From Vivace — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:29:07 +0000

I have certain band addictions when it comes to the local music scene. There’s the long time addiction to The Mulhollands and Automatic Music Explosion. There’s the more recent addiction to IO Echo.

Notes From Vivace’s May Playlist

Notes From Vivace — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:44:45 +0000

Lemon Sun: "Same Old Ground"

Dirty Kings: "Who’s Along for the Ride"

Notes from Vivace’s April Playlist

Notes From Vivace — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:55:16 +0000

The Art - "Love Bomb Revolution"

Audra Mae - "Forever Young"

Dead Rose Beauty - " Follow Me"

Local Natives - "Airplanes and Stranger Things"