just an FYI for you angelinos:



silversun pickups are one of my favorite local bands... i highly suggest checking them out if you can - i want to go but i'll be at the belle & sebastian show @ the bowl.


other events in july:

Thursday, Jul 13
8pm The Bangkok Five & Monsters are Waiting
Boasting influences of early punk and garage rock, Los Angeles’ The Bangkok Five perform throbbing base lines, electric guitar riffs, and vocals infused with attitude from their new album Who’s Gonna Take Us Alive.

Monsters are Waiting energetically careen between vocals of innocent awakening and melodies of detached experience. Their new debut full-length album, Fascination, mixes angelic vocals, smooth guitar licks, and hypnotic bass lines, with steady, subtle percussion.



Thursday, Jul 20
8pm The Colour & Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
With a nod to blues guitar and classic rock and roll, The Colour perform from their recent release, Devil’s Got a Holda Me.

Rocco DeLuca on steel guitar and vocals creates a soulful combination of blues and rock with The Burden.



Thursday, Jul 27
8pm People in Planes & Shiny Toy Guns
Informed by Brit-pop, UK’s People in Planes combine vintage instruments sounds with guitar-driven melodies on their album As Far as the Eye Can See....

LA’s Shiny Toy Guns fuse synthpop and electronic beats to create sounds reminiscent of popular ’80s bands.

I'm real excited to catch Silversun Pickups in mid August!!

who are they playing with?

I can only assume a local Chicago act.

Sunday, 8/13/2006 - 8:00 PM - $8.00 ($10.00 door)
18 And Over
The New New presents:
Silversun Pickups with
Guests
Brought to you in part by...
The Tripwire

What we are is a mercurial creature born of distorted guitars, delicate melodies, hypnotic, left-of-center rhythms and Aubert’s unvarnished vocals. “We like loud, growly guitar, but we use it in a way I think is pretty,” says the singer-guitarist. “The guitars hum. They’re big but warm, not something that’s gonna make your ears freak out. We like melodies a lot, and when the guitars are going nuts, those can get lost. We love bands like Can and NEU! and My Bloody Valentine and white noise and these really long, bizarre things, but we also love listening to oldies and singing in the car. As much as we love that cool, avant-garde stuff, we can’t help but have a song somewhere in there that you can hum along to.”

I'm hoping to get outta work in time to catch these events.

Weird, I was just reviewing silversun pickups and took a break.

I hadn't heard them before this new album and I'm a little on the fence.

It's nice and catchy and all but the guitars sound kind of reminiscent of Lush, Hum, or even early Smashing Pumpkins.

I don't know I'd like to see them live or hear some of their earlier stuff cause maybe it's just the guitars we're just recorded like that on this record.

How in the hell is that bad? HUM? Shit!

the only earlier stuff they have is the pikul ep - which imho, is WAY better then the new album... i'm still on the fence about their album. but they are great live. solid guitar indie rock.

and for the longest time, i thought the lead singer was a chick... listen to the track "kissing families" and you'll see why. haha, i'm retarded.

i'll be at the bowl too. woooo!