Nico Vega's freebies, and other midweek scribblings
Local trio Nico Vega headlines the Troubadour tonight, and through today the band (signed to MySpace Records) is offering its "No Child Left Behind Behind" EP for free download -- on its MySpace page, naturally. Saint Motel is among the openers, as is a local outfit named Carlotta, a big chorus-packing quartet that just finished recording its debut album.
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Eastern Conference Champions swings back through town for shows Thursday at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana and Friday at the Knitting Factory. Don't think I ever posted the band's video for "The Box," so here it is:
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I see that Face to Face -- a staple of the SoCal punk-rock scene in the 1990s before disbanding in 2003 -- are reuniting to play the two-day emotastic Bamboozle Left event April 5-6 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The quartet will be joined by Saturday headliners Paramore, Jimmy Eat World and the All-American Rejects. My Chemical Romance, Anti-Flag, Chiodos and Armor for Sleep headline Sunday. There are six stages, and two-day passes (which go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday) are $75.
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How sold out is the Mika show (with Mandy Moore and Shwayze) on Feb. 11 at the Wiltern? Employees over at Live Nation have been asked to stop hitting up the higher-ups for tickets. There ain't any. All I remember about Mika is how, er, rich he was on the main stage last year at Coachella. He does have great hair.
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I still hear buzz about how good MGMT was last weekend at the Echoplex. But critical darlings Yeasayer apparently did little to endear themselves to the crowd. Passion of the Weiss likened them to the Spin Doctors, and You Set the Scene thought the Brooklyners were a mite ungrateful. Now I really wish I were there.
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Trust me, if you had smelled the guys Duke and I were standing next to, you really would be glad you weren't. Rancid soy milk and pachouli don't mix.
Posted by: Jeff | January 30, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Seriously, I don't know why Kevin isn't doing a story on the Bentleys or the Nixes.
Posted by: Cameron | January 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM
i really wish you would've seen mgmt, too - i bet you could've come up with some rather choice words for a band others described as "spin doctor-y" & ingrates.
Posted by: t. | January 30, 2008 at 03:51 PM
T. -- I think the Spin Doctors comparison referred to Yeasayer, not MGMT
Posted by: krbronson | January 30, 2008 at 05:03 PM
Yo, Cameron...you're right. Those bands are awesome.
Posted by: Diego | January 31, 2008 at 11:13 AM