Posts Tagged ‘Downtown L.A.’

Moonrats

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Caught L.A. band Moonrats at The Smell Friday evening. The ‘rats sound is an edgey guitar pop with melodic vocals and great use (not over-use) of keyboards. A lot of well-produced tracks on the band’s MySpace page, particularly “Sleepwalk” and “Blue, White and Red.” The video below contains clips from the show and a short interview with lead singer Nathan Thelen, in which he mentions that indie bands could use more venues like Vera in the Netherlands. Sounds like a cool place.

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The Happy Hollows

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

The Happy Hollows played a set at The Regent Theatre in downtown L.A.  last Saturday.  The concert was part of the KXLU Fundraiser to help support  the station and bring exposure to local indie bands.  I spoke with Hollows lead singer Sarah Negahdari after the show, and she said she enjoyed the all-ages venue and wished there were more around town.  She focused on local bands when responding to how she’d change the indie music scene. Short concert clip with interview in the video below:  


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