MY SOUNDTRACK: NOTES FROM VIVACE’S JUNE PLAYLIST
Wasteland: “Without”
Leeches: “Never Forget”
Oilbarrons: “We Are Nothing”
Rogernomix: “Bought in/Sold out”
April Fish: “Move Away”
Jason Webley: “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Amanda Palmer: “Idioteque”
Frank Gibson: “Harriet Street”
The Thomas Oliver Band: “Baby, I’ll Play”
Black Sand Diva: “Barflies”
Sacha Vee: “See You”
Chloe Bartlett: “Freak Out”
Good Oil: “Shallow Waters”
Mojave: Blue Skies
Miho Wada: “Pajama Day”
The Recliner Rockers: “One Black Rat”
Riverhead Slide: “It’s So Good”
My Comments: A New Zealand dedicated playlist this month, which highlights all the bands I saw while on vacation there. If you haven’t read about my adventures, click here, here, here and here.
MY SOUNDTRACK: NOTES FROM VIVACE’S MAY PLAYLIST (PART II OF II)
Kiev: “Loot Recovered”
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Kinch: “The Economic Chastisement”
Rose’s Pawn Shop: “The Arsonist”
Ruby Friedman: “Burning Skies”
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Francisco the Man: “Do You Remember”
The Fling: “Friend of Mine”
The Belle Brigade: “Losers”
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Carnage Asada: “Dollars and Sense”
Million Kids: “Raw”
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Hidden: “Doesn’t Take Much”
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Gardens and Villa: “Black Hills”
Barb Wire Dolls: “Street Generation”
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Suddyn: “Gravity”
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Prima Donna: “I Don’t Want You to Love Me”
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My comments: Kiev is a random band I caught at Silverlake Lounge. I knew I had to catch them again, so a couple weeks later I headed over to Bardot. This is a band that allows their music to develop throughout the course of their set – that doesn’t make sense at all, you say, well go check them out and you’ll understand. The Belle Brigade got some recent press at the LA Times.
They played some packed shows at The Satellite to deserve that article. Carnage Asada, Million Kids and Hidden: caught them at Mr. T’s Bowl via a Facebook comment that a friend posted. A good suggestion. Barb Wire Dolls comes to us from Greece. Let’s hope they stick around Los Angeles for awhile longer.
MY SOUNDTRACK: NOTES FROM VIVACE’S MAY PLAYLIST (PART I OF II)
Ingenue: “Lookout”
Coyol: “The Pharmacist”
Bullet and Snowfox: “Neurotic Nancy”
Sweaters: “Investigation”
Barrie Rose: “Wishful Thinking”
Tommy Santee Klaws: “Chasing Bodies”
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Feel Free: Tumbleweeds
Run-On Sunshine: “Singles Staying Single”
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Devon Williams: “Honey”
Black Elephant: “Four Years”
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Guards: “Resolution of One”
Act As If: “Please Be Worth This”
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The New Assembly: “Slow Down”
The Americans: “Prison Yard Walk”
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I hear one of the members of Coyol is from Bakersfield. Our Traffik editor is from Bakersfield. Bullet and Snowfox has gotten some press here on Traffik. I caught them at Club Moscow when they were playing along with The Mulhollands. I caught Group Love at Bootleg. They had the place packed. I was at a birthday party when The Americans took the stage. Awesome stuff. I saw a number of the bands on this list at The Smell. As I write this up, I have the urge to head on down there.
MY SOUNDTRACK: NOTES FROM VIVACE’S MARCH PLAYLIST
LA Vampires: “Make Me Over”
Dirt Dress: “An Introduction”
Tijuana Panthers: “Redheaded Girl”
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I Am Black Carl: “Hussy”
Photo: 2590
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Adam Marsland and his Chaos Band: “Learning the Ropes”
The Fake Boys: “Sometimes I Write Songs All the Time”
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NOTES FROM VIVACE’S FEBRUARY PLAYLIST
La Bestia: “Obsession”
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Toys that Kill: “They Tied Up All Our Lace”
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Downtown/Union: “Lion in My Bones”
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The Submarines: “You Me And The Bourgeoisie”
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Wait. Think. Fast.: “Bad Night”
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Moses Campbell: “Annabelle”
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Abe Vigoda: “All Night and Day”
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NOTES FROM VIVACE’S JANUARY PLAYLIST…
Half 4 Humanity: “Trade in My Time”
Two Year Before the Mast: “Gone Gone Days”
Gone Gone Days by: Two Years Before The Mast from James Slay on Vimeo.
The New Limb: “Birds and Stuff”
The Shivas: “Look So Good, Be So Good”
The Lonely Wild: “Right Side of the Road”
Family of the Year: “The Barn”
Kozmonaut: “Kill It”
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We Are Hyena: “The Kill Kids”
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The Love Language: “Heart to Tell” (more…)