Taste of Little Italy
Incan Abraham - Photo by Hudson Gaines-Ross
PLAN A: Sleep Lady, T.S. Brooks, Immovable Objects, Roswell That Ends Well @ Soda Bar. Check out my feature on Sleep Lady, a local quintet whose cinematic instrumental rock compels me to write expletives in my notebook. PLAN B: Incan Abraham, In Motion Trio, The Mattson 2 @ Che Café. Moving from colorful soundscapes to Latin-esque grooves to hard-driving indie-rock, sometimes in the same song, L.A.’s Incan Abraham bring to mind all the usual influences (The Beatles, Animal Collective) in the most unusual ways. PLAN C: The Babies, The So So Glos, White Fence, Trap Gold @ Tin Can Ale House. The Babies don’t sound any better or worse than any of Vivian Girls’ several other side-projects, but fellow New Yorkers The So So Glos have an ear for a good pop-rock hook and the energy to make it stick.
ALSO: Convoy, Behind the Wagon, The Western Set @ The Casbah. Check out our feature on this page to
learn all about Convoy, a great-yet-short-lived rock band that’s
reuniting for a couple shows.
OTHER COOL STUFF:
DJ Quik, DJ Rob “Hitman” Hartz @ 4th & B.
Full Blown Stone, Ease Up, Seedless @ 710 Beach Club.
“Juicy” w/ Mike Czech, Halloween Hallowdays @ Air Conditioned Lounge.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds @ Anthology.
Neon Beat feat. Junior the Disco Punk and Vaughn Avakian @ Bar Pink.
Ana Sia, Eliot Lipp, VibeSquaD, Austin Speed, CRMNL, DJ Leif @ Belly Up Tavern.
Sight Unscene, The Elephant Project, Imbalanced, Depravity, Thanks Jack @ Brick by Brick.
Convoy, Behind the Wagon, The Western Set @ Casbah.
Gilbert Castellanos, Tommy Aros, Irving Flores @ Dizzys.
El Camino Funk Session w/ DJ Ikah Love @ El Camino.
U-Tern, Adam Salter @ El Dorado.
Old Man Markley, Downs Family, For Strangers and Wardens @ Eleven.
Birds of Paradise, Fight the Quiet, 321 Stereo, The Story So Far, Mufasa, The American Scene, Pretty Too Bad @ Epicentre.
Fresh One, Mikey Beats @ Hard Rock Hotel.
Alyssa Jacey; True 2 Crue, 6ONE9, Alice in Cooperland @ House of Blues.
Djiipu Djinndaii, Zenzen, DJ Barriac @ Kava Lounge.
Allison Lonsdale, Jessical Bell, Josiah Leming @ Lestat's.
Barcelona @ The Loft.
Johannes Linstead @ Onyx Room.
“SD Union” w/ AK1200 @ Ruby Room.
International Dipshits, Bombpops @ Shakedown Bar.
Canobliss, The Devastators, Jetwash, Lin-Z-Hail @ Sound Wave.
Lana Rebel, River City, Love Henry @ Til-Two Club.
DJ Pase Rock, Them O’s, DJ L @ U-31.
Sebastian Ingrosso @ Voyeur.
"'80s vs. ’90s” w/ Gabe Vega, Saul Q @ Whistle Stop.
Jetwest, Sunny Rude, Project: Out of Bounds @ Winstons.
