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The Christopher Walk-ins

Published by admin on June 10th, 2009 - in Alternative, L.A. Bands, Punk, Rock, unsigned

I’ve been trying to catch up with The Christopher Walk-ins for a couple of months now, and I finally did on June 5, when they played a show as part of Weatherground’s residency at Second Street Jazz (and no, neither band plays jazz). The energy that The Walk-ins fuse to their catchy, melodic tunes is very much present in their live show. There was a sizeable crowd at the downtown gig, so you may want to catch these guys while they still play smaller venues. Below are stage clips spliced with short interviews with the band, in which lead singer Leonard Tucker provides some of the more eccentric answers I’ve heard about how to change the indie music scene. Check it out:

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Weatherground (re-edit)

Published by admin on June 3rd, 2009 - in Alternative, Blues, electronic, L.A. Bands, Rock, unsigned

I wasn’t happy with the sound and video quality captured at Weatherground’s show back in March, so the band let me grab new footage while they played a gig at The Airliner last month. The video below includes those shots and the interview from the original post.

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Lost City Radio

Published by admin on May 23rd, 2009 - in Alternative, L.A. Bands, Pop, Punk, Rock, unsigned

Lost City Radio played The Cat Club in Hollywood last Saturday. LCR is among a handful of bands that’s morphing the Sunset Strip rock scene into a more contemporary indie sound, unlike the hairspray and spandex laden bands from days of yore. Since most of the guys in LCR went to school or grew up in New York, I took the opportunity to ask them how they’d compare the indie scene there to what they discovered after moving to Los Angeles. Some great answers in the short interview sections of the video below.

You can also stream Lost City Radio’s latest EP “Bad Decisions” by clicking on the Play button below:

<a href="http://lostcityradio.bandcamp.com/album/bad-decisions">Birds by Lost City Radio</a>

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Highlight Bomb

Published by admin on May 6th, 2009 - in Grunge, Nortwest Bands, Pop, Rock, unsigned

Tacoma, Washington based Highlight Bomb played a set in Los Angeles last Saturday. The group cranks out a pop-laced grunge and is currently touring much of the West. The gig was low in attendance due in large part to the band playing at around 5 o’clock in the afternoon.  I spoke with all three members of the group about the difference between the Northwest music scene and other areas of the country, most notably Los Angeles. Video below:

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