| ECHO CURIO |
| Current Events - SPRING 2010 |
MARCH/APRIL 2010
SPECIAL EVENTS
ALL EVENTS HAVE A 9pm DOOR UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
A FIVE BUCK DONATION IS ASKED TO SUPPORT THE SPACE AND ARTISTS.
ARTISTS ARE NOT LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE.
Every Saturday in MARCH from 8p to 8:30p - HEATHER WOODBURY presents AS
THE GLOBE WARMS
Get here early on Saturdays to see award-winning writer/director/actor/amateur
rapper HEATHER WOODBURY as she pushes and pulls your mind like silly putty
with her slowburning weekly serial. It mixes Twin Peaks style mysteries in small
town America with the ever widening (almost black-hole engulfing) power of
technology and the internet. Definitely fun for the whole family, if your family is
kinda weird.
www.heatherwoodbury.com
Fri, March 5th - PEOPLE WE KNOW SHOW OPENING 8p to midnight
Here we go with the show. At least the art openings stayed on the same day,
right? Well, get ready for yet another amazing good time at the Echo Curio,
courtesy of our fine artist friends and the people they know. Expect some free
wine, nice tunes, and some incredible art!
Sat, March 6th - LACC COMPOSERS CLUB BENEFIT SHOW 2p to 7p and 9p to 1am
(with break for HEATHER WOODBURY’s AS THE GLOBE WARMS 8p)
The LACC Composers Club & Echo Curio Present: an Evening Inspired by
Chamber Music with such acclaimed local music acts as Moses Campbell, Voice on
Tape, Missincinatti, Homesick Elephant and Bunnies & Kitties. Join us in the
afternoon for performances of J. S. Bach, Bartok, Hindemith, Debussy and more.
There will be snacks and drinks for sale, and proceeds benefit the LACC
composers club.
Basically, it is gonna go like this
2p to 4p Chamber ensembles will play some great classical jams
5p to 7p HOMESICK ELEPHANT, BUNNIES AND KITTIES, and possibly some other
guests
9p on - MISSINCINATTI, MOSES CAMPBELL, and VOICE ON TAPE along with some
more classical ensembles (just in case you couldn’t make it for the afternoon)
www.myspace.com/debussy
Sun, March 7th - L’ORCHIDEE D’HAWAII + BELLA NOVELA +
MANICORN + GEORGE GLASS
Rockin’ out of France with a lay around their neck, L’ORCHIDEE D’HAWAII are a
mess of languages, styles and influences, all swirling together into a tornado of
action. Long Beach’s BELLA NOVELA (aside from having a confusing set of L’s
attached to their name), promises to lay into us with pop punk fury as well, falling
somewhere between Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick and Spoon, complete with chicks,
keyboards, and big ass drums and guitars. MANICORN is the brainchild of our
friend Eilam and is possibly the catchiest set of music I have heard in 2009,
basically just twisted songs on guitar and voice, but captured in the roughest
format imaginable, yet still pristinely tuneful. GEORGE GLASS rises from the ashes
(?) of DEATH TO ANDERS and comes out with a cleaner, solider take on good ol’
power pop.
www.myspace.com/hawaiorchid
www.myspace.com/bellanovella
www.myspace.com/manicornmusic
www.myspace.com/georgeglass
Mon, March 8th - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with SEAMUS (DSS is away recording) +
THE URXED + MIRROR TO MIRROR
Mr. DAVID SCOTT STONE returns again with his bi-weekly NEW MUSIC MONDAYS
and we promise to keep them on track this time, every other week, no
interruptions. Tonight we got not only his inventive and always different modular
stylings, but one half of THE HIGH PLACES playing as his thrash alter-ego THE
URXED! MIRROR TO MIRROR gives new meaning to the word “chill” as he
explores worlds inside worlds for the ultimate tonal relaxation.
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
www.myspace.com/theurxed
Tues, March 9th - TATERBUG + TRACY TRANCE +
INFINITE BODY + POCOHAUNTED
There are lots of words to describe the flat out insane funk haze of
POCAHAUNTED, the intense prayers made music of INFINITE BODY or the gently
looped tape chants of TATERBUG (aka COSMIC CHARLIE), but we’ll settle for
UNFORGETTABLE, so don’t miss it.
www.myspace.com/stayfarout
www.notnotfun.com
www.myspace.com/pleasenottoday
Wed, March 10th - CASSORLA + LEARNING MUSIC +
BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE + DYLAN TREES
Ok, so last time CASSORLA played, we had a little issue with people trying to steal
the money jar from the door, so hopefully this show will be a little less eventful,
though with touring DJ/music maker BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE, it will probably
be even crazier. Local hit makers LEARNING MUSIC will be joining the fray for their
first of two shows here in March, but with the intense amount of music they have
created in their short run, I doubt we’ll hear the same song twice. And we’re triply
excited for the third appearance of THE DYLAN TREES, our favoritest electro-folk
pop (imagine NICK DRAKE taking over for THOM YORKE for his solo songs).
www.myspace.com/cassorla
www.myspace.com/learningmusic
www.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine
www.myspace.com/mrdylantrees
Thurs, March 11th - BELISS + ORA COGAN + AMANDA JO WILLIAMS + FORT KING
This is gonna be a nice evening full of feminine charms, plus a quite charming fella
by the name of Ryan (FORT KING). BELISS draws from the traditional coffee-house
singer/songwriter tradition, but throws in a heavy dose of classical and jazz
influence into the pot, especially with their upright bass. AMANDA JO WILLIAMS
comes across like a dirty sailor with the voice of a pre-pubescent twelve year old,
but backed by a band of hillbilly demons. ORA COGAN doesn’t come out of SF
much, so we’re psyched for her mystical journey into our hearts.
http://www.beliss.cosmikmuse.com/
www.myspace.com/oracogan
www.myspace.com/amandajowilliamsmusic
www.myspace.com/fortking
Fri, March 12th - AMPS FOR CHRIST + CABEZA DE VACA ARKESTRA +
the live soundtrack of QUANTUM TIME (featuring members of CLOWNS AND
FETUSES)
Movie night on a Friday! Seems like a pretty traditional way to spend the opening of
the weekend, huh? Well, think again! Not only is master craftsman and instrument
inventor Henry Barnes aka AMPS FOR CHRIST gonna kill us with woody kindness,
but avant ensemble CABEZA DE VACA is gonna scoop out your brains through
your eyeballs and pour in their viscous image brew and music stew right back in
the wet holes. Not to mention the craziness that is QUANTUM TIME - basically
dreams set to film.
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-a-multimedia-evening-at-echo-curio-film-
music-and-dance-1266530260.html
Sat, March 13th - EXTRA LIFE + JESUS MAKES THE SHOTGUN SOUND +
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM + VOICE ON TAPE
Brooklyn’s EXTRA LIFE initially struck me as a goth choir boy band with some
more-than-expected intense heaviness attached, but upon further inspection (and
greater introspection), I am convinced they are the devil in black. But man it
sounds good. JESUS MAKES THE SHOTGUN SOUND has sadly never played here
yet, bad that will be remedied, and we will get to experience their genre-jumping
avante-orchestrations. HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM, of course, rules the school with
their triple keyboard attacks.
www.myspace.com/extralifetheband
www.myspace.com/jmtss
www.halloweenswimteam.com
Sun, March 14th - GUN OUTFIT + DUNES + RESIDUAL ECHOES +
SO MANY WIZARDS
This is one of those shows that should happen, then doesn’t happen, and then
reappears and happens again. GUN OUTFIT sprang on the scene early last year
and has been raging three piece style through the west coast, partly thanks to their
triumphant releases on PPM. DUNES played an early show here, but return fully
reassembled and totally tricked out. RESIDUAL ECHOES might be mining sludge
but it is the tastiest sludge this side of the Melvins. And SO MANY WIZARDS
definitely took our breath away last time, so no telling what tonight is going to entail.
http://www.postpresentmedium.com/gun_outfit/
www.myspace.com/dunestheband
www.myspace.com/residualechoes
www.myspace.com/somanywizards
Tues, March 16th - REPTET + COREY FOGEL vs. ING + ZOO
Crazed jazz from the north, REPTET mixes free styles with skits and almost hip-
hop hilarity. ZOO is a crazed two piece coming out of the Bay Area, but somehow
channeling devils from both the Balkans and the proto-industrial wastelands of
Throbbing Gristle. LEARNING MUSIC is like one of those toys where you can
attach different arms and different heads and every combination sings a different
amazing song, so get ready for a lot of transformations.
www.reptet.com
www.myspace.com/zooisaband
www.learningmusicmonthly.com
Thurs, March 18th - GAJAH (acid reign) + SIRAH + MICHAEL NHAT +
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM (improve set)
Tonight, thanks to our super rad friend Adam, is going to be a view both back and
forward into the history and future of Hip-Hop, and perhaps of humanity itself.
GAJAH, member of ACID REIGN, joins us for the first time, a veteran of the Project:
Blowed era of the 90s, while MICHAEL NHAT and SIRAH shows us a youthful take
on solid wordcrafting and lyrical flow, the strongest of LA’s new and upcoming
MCs.
www.myspace.com/gajah
www.myspace.com/sirahone
www.halloweenswimteam.com
Fri, March 19th - EARLY DOLPHIN (record release) + THE SPIRES +
THE FRENCH SEMESTER
Waiting for records to come out can be stressful, especially if you are the band who
put them out. Now imagine the space that is trying to book the show of the band
that is releasing the record, and how close to your grasp the day seems and yet it
keeps slipping away. Well, today, March 19th is the final culmination of all the
waiting (knock on wood), and we got the intensely dreamy pop of EARLY
DOLPHIN, recently put to wax, as well as the phenomenally melodical (?) Ventura
rockers THE SPIRES and the equally talented THE FRENCH SEMESTERS (whose
styles time-travel all around the lo-fi map).
www.myspace.com/earlydolphin
www.myspace.com/thespires
www.myspace.com/thefrenchsemester
Sat, March 20th - LET’S PAINT TV + FLUGELDAR!!! + MANNLICHER CARCANO
We had a house guest one time who showed us this on Public Access TV. LET’S
PAINT TV where the guy paints while blending iced drinks, jogging on a treadmill
and taking generally insulting calls from the dimwitted inhabitants of the Westside.
Well, with the loss of most public access channels (thank you very f’in much, digital
cable), we have the internet to thank for picking up the slack. Tonight is a special
“In-Curio” performance of LET’S PAINT TV, along with rare performances by the
other two groups, who we know virtually nothing about, save that John from LET’S
PAINT TV likes them. So, come on out!!!
www.letspainttv.com
www.myspace.com/mannlichercarcano
Sun, March 21st - ELECTRIC JELLYFISH + BLACK APPLES +
YOUNG HUNTING + THE COALS (solo)
Oh, thank you, SXSW, for sending amazing touring acts our way, and also allowing
us to fill the bill with bands that have been awkwardly absent from our rug. Tonight
is one of those nights, with ELECTRIC JELLYFISH from Australia, gliding into town
and rocking our face off gently. Our good friends YOUNG HUNTING stand
dangerously close to inheriting slow-core’s crown from Galaxy 500 and Codeine, if
it weren’t for their infrequent bursts into Echo and the Bunnymen frivolity. BLACK
APPLES take a straighter (ha!) approach to psychedelic garage rock, coming out
like the New Stooges at times, whiles other times like roses on a pot bush!
www.myspace.com/electricjellyfish
www.myspace.com/theblackappleband
www.myspace.com/younghunting
Mon, March 22nd - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with DAVID SCOTT STONE +
THE FARADAY TRIPPERS with SLEEPWALKERS LOCAL + OSCILLATOR
Another installment of this far-reaching exploration of sound and new, exciting
ways of making it (and perhaps experiencing it). Tonight, the modular master will
not only thrill and provoke you, but he has kindly allowed two humble Theremin
masters to join, along with yours truly howling and bleeping and generally piling
frequencies on top of one another. And then, the always out-there master of
oscillation, member of To Live and Shave in LA, Ben Wolcott aka OSCILLATOR is
going to rip your mind from your head, via your ears, in a peaceful loving way.
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
www.myspace.com/faradaytrippers
Wed, March 24th - Y LA BAMBA + FALSETTO TEETH +
THE FRANKS + CHILDREN OF THE KAI
A genre-jumping night, chock full of genre-jumping bands. Y LA BAMBA, an
unlikely product of Mexican immigration and Portland acoustic musicians, produce
a hazy fog of guitar loops and dreamy percussion, over which glides
singer/frontwoman Luz Elena Mendoza’s 78rpm vocals. We are happy to pair them
up with new-to-us CHILDREN OF THE KAI, some of the gentlest but strongest
acoustic folk we’ve heard recently. But not to get too wrapped up in the bittersweet
wooden sound of the acoustic, we’ve added the arena-rock stylings of FALSETTO
TEETH (arena-rocking if arenas allowed the Boredoms or Nels Cline to rock them).
And the FRANKS (featuring members of the totally awesome SUPERHUMANOIDS)
will kill us quickly, in precise 3 minute bursts.
www.myspace.com/ylabamba
www.myspace.com/diefranksdie
www.myspace.com/falsettoteeth
www.myspace.com/childrenofthekai
Thurs, March 25th -THE RHONE OCCUPATION + RANDOM PATTERNS +
FAMILY PORTRAIT + FICTIONIST
Man, I hate Word, this shizzle loses my f'in write-ups so often, it makes me want to
punch a programmer in his or her mother's face. ARGHH!!! But i digress. Tonight's
show is brought to you by frustration, but trust me, when it is all over, you (and I
and the programmer's mom) are gonna be super happy. FAMILY PORTRAIT comes
to us from the frat soaked universities of New Jersey, but don't expect any tanned,
oily leather Jersey Shore stuff here, this is good ol' rockin' in the dorm room with 18
of your closest drunk friends. Somewhere between Wu Tang and Pavement, we
expect a good ol' dance party for this one. Joining them are two local bands that
are continuously shapechanging and evolving (RANDOM PATTERNS with its
upcoming remix disc and THE RHONE OCCUPATION with brand spankin' new
keyboardist). So grab a sixer and head to room 1519 for this show!
Fri, March 26th - STAG HARE + BIGGER INSIDES +
SUMMER RECREATION CAMP + CATCHER
Tonight is a night of travellers... the colossal STAG HARE from Utah, SUMMER REC
CAMP from Spain, CATCHER from Bellingham, WA, and the dude from TAN
DOLLAR gone solo all the way from Irvine! These folks are gonna need lots of gas
money so come out and get happy. But once you hear these layers of heavy folk
drone, and some dashes of inspired indie lo-fi genius, you're gonna be running
back and forth from the ATM, throwing 20s at these dudes like they were strippers!!!
http://www.myspace.com/staghare
http://www.myspace.com/summerrecreationcamp
http://www.myspace.com/biggerinsides
www.myspace.com/catchermusique
Sat, March 27th - KIT + DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA! +
60 WATT KID + THE OLD LUMPS
Old school LA jams, with some visiting SF flavor (with an obvious love of
uncomfortable punctuation!). A nice mixing of the spheres. 60 WATT KID has
quickly become the brightest hope for rock music, making the freaky-for-the-sake-
of-selling-records Radiohead-esque bands seem myopic in their scope. What
Kevin, Derek and Dylan do is from the heart and soul, albeit passing through about
a thousand cables and several pedals, but real nonetheless. You can hear their
hearts beating underneath all that fuzz and reverb.
www.myspace.com/vvkitvv
www.myspace.com/deathsentencepanda
www.myspace.com/60wattkid
Sun, March 28th - afternoon show with GUY BLACKMAN + CRAYON FIELDS +
guests 3p to 6p
Dude, it has been awhile since GUY BLACKMAN was here, like 2 years, but
thankfully we're around for the second coming, much like a very musical Haley's
Comet or a really enjoyable 7 year plague of locusts. He's kinda like Australia's
version of Calvin Johnson, or maybe the guys who did the Slumberland or Merge
Records, bringing the best of songwriting together with the softest of pop, without
getting all wishy washy. Today, yes, today in the sunlight, he is shepherding in the
youthful CRAYON FIELDS for one of their only LA performances. At times
described naive and/or art-pop, CRAYON FIELDS exude a pretty smooth take on
making incredibly catchy, albeit bittersweet music a la 60's beach pop or 70s radio
serenades.
www.myspace.com/guyblackman
www.myspace.com/thecrayonfields
Sun, March 28th - DECAY FEST V with AARON DRAKE + SCOTT CAZAN +
jones.keusch + ULRICH KREIGER, MATTHEW SETZER & ANDY NIVEN
DECAY FEST V is gonna spread out your mind past the point of openness, but you’
re gonna appreciate it (eventually)… SCOTT CAZAN is a performer and multimedia
artist with a deep love for sound. He specializes in the performance of live
electronic music where he explores human relations with technology, the
physicality of sound and the act of listening. AARON DRAKE brings us a found
object creation based off a car battery, an air pump, and a melodica, so get pumped
for that (no pun intended). jones.keusch is a collaborative electroacoustic
performance platform for guitarist sam jones and sound artist wyatt keusch. the
duo's diverse improvisational backgrounds inform the creation of spontaneous yet
inevitably evolving sonic atmospheres that balance the extremes of serenity and
turbulence. And the larger, many named collaboration can only really be described
as harsh dark experimental electronic ambient doom death
http://www.wyattkeusch.com
http://www.scottcazan.com
http://www.ulrich-krieger.de
http://www.aarondrake.org
Mon, March 29th - BLAINE CAMPBELL + RUTHANN FRIEDMAN +
PINCHE GRINGO + MARIANA JANIK
I was bummed to miss BLAINE CAMPBELL last time he brought his pop circus into
town and circled the wagons. Tonight he is joined by the always entrancing
RUTHANN FRIEDMAN, pretty much the mayor of Folkville (named ASTRAL FOLK
GODDESS by Galactic Zoo Dossier, for cripes sakes!!!). Also joining us is one-man
crazytown PINCHE GRINGO and the charming MARIANA JANIK, making this a
songwriterly type of night, but with a healthy dose of crazy!!!!
www.myspace.com/blainecampbell
www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband
www.myspace.com/dejanik
www.ruthannfriedman
Tues, March 30th - BIZZART presents BITTERENT + CYAN IDES +
THE RETURN OF WALTER GROSS + DROWNING SWANS
BIZZART curates this here show, a showcase of the future of music. To borrow
from total irrelevant pop songs, “The future is so bright, I need to wear shades”!!!! I
mean, look at this write up from Arthur - DROWNING SWANS [andrew felix, bizzart,
ignacio gonzalez] - Ambient drone, NOISE, grime, accapella [DANCE BAND]
And just when you think it is gonna be all beats and blurps, we got BITTERENT,
who I think could give MUDHONEY a run for its money in a few years in the young
guitar garage band department
www.myspace.com/cyanides
www.myspace.com/bitterent
Wed, March 31st - ZOLA JESUS + TEARIST + ZOMBELLE
This is one of those themed kinda nights. I know, it’s easy to just say “Ladies in
Black Night” but it really is the “The Future of Electronic Music with the Human
Voice Night”. All three of these stunning acts come to the table with sick
compositions which perfectly backlight and accent their phenomenally beautiful
and at times harrowing vocals. So, if you like your beats mechanized but your
performers warm and alive, this is your time.
www.myspace.com/zolajesus
www.myspace.com/teariststst
www.myspace.com/zombellemusic
Thurs, April 1st - CHRIS CORSANO + WARM CLIMATE + STELLAR OM SOURCE
Wowee-wow-wow-wow… we’re extra psyched for this show, as we all know the
CORSANO-FLAHERTY DUO, or possibly his work with Sunburned Hand of the
Man, Michael Flowers, Bjork or Jandek, and some of us will have experienced the
CORSANO-KOLOVOS DUO, but most of us have not seen Mr. CHRIS CORSANO
solo. This drummer experimentalist will no doubt take us into realms undreamed
of. As will our good friend Seth and his WARM CLIMATE project, whether it be in its
solo form or three piece mammoth form. More to come on this show!!!
www.cor-sano.com
www.myspace.com/warmclimate
Fri, April 2nd - LAURA GIBSON + ETHAN ROSE perform BRIDGE CAROLS +
NOVI SPLIT + DANIEL AHEARN + CMG AND THE NIGHT
BRIDGE CAROLS was born of both LAURA GIBSON’s (amazing songstress for
HUSH) and sound artist ETHAN ROSE’s separate disenchantments with the written
and spoken word. Together they have created an almost Gysin-esque way of
chopping and rearranging word and tone in new and challenging formats. The
other three bands pretty much go about the same old way that everybody else
does, but man, do they do it beautifully.
www.bridgecarols.com
www.myspace.com/danielahearn
www.myspace.com/cmglovesyou
www.myspace.com/novisplit
Mon, April 5th - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with DAVID SCOTT STONE
This one is just for the calendar, we got no real idea at this point who’s playing, but
that is because we want it to be FRESH!!!!!
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
Tues, April 6th - ART DROP for APRIL NO THEME SHOW 7p to 10p
Ok, ok… tired of all that thinking, all that cramming your round ideas into our oval
holes. Well, this show is for you. Bring what you want, bring what you got, hell,
make something new. We don’t care. We won’t ask what it is . We just have to be
able to hang it or put it on a shelf, and we’re good to go. Free and easy.
SPECIAL EVENTS
ALL EVENTS HAVE A 9pm DOOR UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
A FIVE BUCK DONATION IS ASKED TO SUPPORT THE SPACE AND ARTISTS.
ARTISTS ARE NOT LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE.
Every Saturday in MARCH from 8p to 8:30p - HEATHER WOODBURY presents AS
THE GLOBE WARMS
Get here early on Saturdays to see award-winning writer/director/actor/amateur
rapper HEATHER WOODBURY as she pushes and pulls your mind like silly putty
with her slowburning weekly serial. It mixes Twin Peaks style mysteries in small
town America with the ever widening (almost black-hole engulfing) power of
technology and the internet. Definitely fun for the whole family, if your family is
kinda weird.
www.heatherwoodbury.com
Fri, March 5th - PEOPLE WE KNOW SHOW OPENING 8p to midnight
Here we go with the show. At least the art openings stayed on the same day,
right? Well, get ready for yet another amazing good time at the Echo Curio,
courtesy of our fine artist friends and the people they know. Expect some free
wine, nice tunes, and some incredible art!
Sat, March 6th - LACC COMPOSERS CLUB BENEFIT SHOW 2p to 7p and 9p to 1am
(with break for HEATHER WOODBURY’s AS THE GLOBE WARMS 8p)
The LACC Composers Club & Echo Curio Present: an Evening Inspired by
Chamber Music with such acclaimed local music acts as Moses Campbell, Voice on
Tape, Missincinatti, Homesick Elephant and Bunnies & Kitties. Join us in the
afternoon for performances of J. S. Bach, Bartok, Hindemith, Debussy and more.
There will be snacks and drinks for sale, and proceeds benefit the LACC
composers club.
Basically, it is gonna go like this
2p to 4p Chamber ensembles will play some great classical jams
5p to 7p HOMESICK ELEPHANT, BUNNIES AND KITTIES, and possibly some other
guests
9p on - MISSINCINATTI, MOSES CAMPBELL, and VOICE ON TAPE along with some
more classical ensembles (just in case you couldn’t make it for the afternoon)
www.myspace.com/debussy
Sun, March 7th - L’ORCHIDEE D’HAWAII + BELLA NOVELA +
MANICORN + GEORGE GLASS
Rockin’ out of France with a lay around their neck, L’ORCHIDEE D’HAWAII are a
mess of languages, styles and influences, all swirling together into a tornado of
action. Long Beach’s BELLA NOVELA (aside from having a confusing set of L’s
attached to their name), promises to lay into us with pop punk fury as well, falling
somewhere between Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick and Spoon, complete with chicks,
keyboards, and big ass drums and guitars. MANICORN is the brainchild of our
friend Eilam and is possibly the catchiest set of music I have heard in 2009,
basically just twisted songs on guitar and voice, but captured in the roughest
format imaginable, yet still pristinely tuneful. GEORGE GLASS rises from the ashes
(?) of DEATH TO ANDERS and comes out with a cleaner, solider take on good ol’
power pop.
www.myspace.com/hawaiorchid
www.myspace.com/bellanovella
www.myspace.com/manicornmusic
www.myspace.com/georgeglass
Mon, March 8th - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with SEAMUS (DSS is away recording) +
THE URXED + MIRROR TO MIRROR
Mr. DAVID SCOTT STONE returns again with his bi-weekly NEW MUSIC MONDAYS
and we promise to keep them on track this time, every other week, no
interruptions. Tonight we got not only his inventive and always different modular
stylings, but one half of THE HIGH PLACES playing as his thrash alter-ego THE
URXED! MIRROR TO MIRROR gives new meaning to the word “chill” as he
explores worlds inside worlds for the ultimate tonal relaxation.
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
www.myspace.com/theurxed
Tues, March 9th - TATERBUG + TRACY TRANCE +
INFINITE BODY + POCOHAUNTED
There are lots of words to describe the flat out insane funk haze of
POCAHAUNTED, the intense prayers made music of INFINITE BODY or the gently
looped tape chants of TATERBUG (aka COSMIC CHARLIE), but we’ll settle for
UNFORGETTABLE, so don’t miss it.
www.myspace.com/stayfarout
www.notnotfun.com
www.myspace.com/pleasenottoday
Wed, March 10th - CASSORLA + LEARNING MUSIC +
BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE + DYLAN TREES
Ok, so last time CASSORLA played, we had a little issue with people trying to steal
the money jar from the door, so hopefully this show will be a little less eventful,
though with touring DJ/music maker BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE, it will probably
be even crazier. Local hit makers LEARNING MUSIC will be joining the fray for their
first of two shows here in March, but with the intense amount of music they have
created in their short run, I doubt we’ll hear the same song twice. And we’re triply
excited for the third appearance of THE DYLAN TREES, our favoritest electro-folk
pop (imagine NICK DRAKE taking over for THOM YORKE for his solo songs).
www.myspace.com/cassorla
www.myspace.com/learningmusic
www.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine
www.myspace.com/mrdylantrees
Thurs, March 11th - BELISS + ORA COGAN + AMANDA JO WILLIAMS + FORT KING
This is gonna be a nice evening full of feminine charms, plus a quite charming fella
by the name of Ryan (FORT KING). BELISS draws from the traditional coffee-house
singer/songwriter tradition, but throws in a heavy dose of classical and jazz
influence into the pot, especially with their upright bass. AMANDA JO WILLIAMS
comes across like a dirty sailor with the voice of a pre-pubescent twelve year old,
but backed by a band of hillbilly demons. ORA COGAN doesn’t come out of SF
much, so we’re psyched for her mystical journey into our hearts.
http://www.beliss.cosmikmuse.com/
www.myspace.com/oracogan
www.myspace.com/amandajowilliamsmusic
www.myspace.com/fortking
Fri, March 12th - AMPS FOR CHRIST + CABEZA DE VACA ARKESTRA +
the live soundtrack of QUANTUM TIME (featuring members of CLOWNS AND
FETUSES)
Movie night on a Friday! Seems like a pretty traditional way to spend the opening of
the weekend, huh? Well, think again! Not only is master craftsman and instrument
inventor Henry Barnes aka AMPS FOR CHRIST gonna kill us with woody kindness,
but avant ensemble CABEZA DE VACA is gonna scoop out your brains through
your eyeballs and pour in their viscous image brew and music stew right back in
the wet holes. Not to mention the craziness that is QUANTUM TIME - basically
dreams set to film.
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-a-multimedia-evening-at-echo-curio-film-
music-and-dance-1266530260.html
Sat, March 13th - EXTRA LIFE + JESUS MAKES THE SHOTGUN SOUND +
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM + VOICE ON TAPE
Brooklyn’s EXTRA LIFE initially struck me as a goth choir boy band with some
more-than-expected intense heaviness attached, but upon further inspection (and
greater introspection), I am convinced they are the devil in black. But man it
sounds good. JESUS MAKES THE SHOTGUN SOUND has sadly never played here
yet, bad that will be remedied, and we will get to experience their genre-jumping
avante-orchestrations. HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM, of course, rules the school with
their triple keyboard attacks.
www.myspace.com/extralifetheband
www.myspace.com/jmtss
www.halloweenswimteam.com
Sun, March 14th - GUN OUTFIT + DUNES + RESIDUAL ECHOES +
SO MANY WIZARDS
This is one of those shows that should happen, then doesn’t happen, and then
reappears and happens again. GUN OUTFIT sprang on the scene early last year
and has been raging three piece style through the west coast, partly thanks to their
triumphant releases on PPM. DUNES played an early show here, but return fully
reassembled and totally tricked out. RESIDUAL ECHOES might be mining sludge
but it is the tastiest sludge this side of the Melvins. And SO MANY WIZARDS
definitely took our breath away last time, so no telling what tonight is going to entail.
http://www.postpresentmedium.com/gun_outfit/
www.myspace.com/dunestheband
www.myspace.com/residualechoes
www.myspace.com/somanywizards
Tues, March 16th - REPTET + COREY FOGEL vs. ING + ZOO
Crazed jazz from the north, REPTET mixes free styles with skits and almost hip-
hop hilarity. ZOO is a crazed two piece coming out of the Bay Area, but somehow
channeling devils from both the Balkans and the proto-industrial wastelands of
Throbbing Gristle. LEARNING MUSIC is like one of those toys where you can
attach different arms and different heads and every combination sings a different
amazing song, so get ready for a lot of transformations.
www.reptet.com
www.myspace.com/zooisaband
www.learningmusicmonthly.com
Thurs, March 18th - GAJAH (acid reign) + SIRAH + MICHAEL NHAT +
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM (improve set)
Tonight, thanks to our super rad friend Adam, is going to be a view both back and
forward into the history and future of Hip-Hop, and perhaps of humanity itself.
GAJAH, member of ACID REIGN, joins us for the first time, a veteran of the Project:
Blowed era of the 90s, while MICHAEL NHAT and SIRAH shows us a youthful take
on solid wordcrafting and lyrical flow, the strongest of LA’s new and upcoming
MCs.
www.myspace.com/gajah
www.myspace.com/sirahone
www.halloweenswimteam.com
Fri, March 19th - EARLY DOLPHIN (record release) + THE SPIRES +
THE FRENCH SEMESTER
Waiting for records to come out can be stressful, especially if you are the band who
put them out. Now imagine the space that is trying to book the show of the band
that is releasing the record, and how close to your grasp the day seems and yet it
keeps slipping away. Well, today, March 19th is the final culmination of all the
waiting (knock on wood), and we got the intensely dreamy pop of EARLY
DOLPHIN, recently put to wax, as well as the phenomenally melodical (?) Ventura
rockers THE SPIRES and the equally talented THE FRENCH SEMESTERS (whose
styles time-travel all around the lo-fi map).
www.myspace.com/earlydolphin
www.myspace.com/thespires
www.myspace.com/thefrenchsemester
Sat, March 20th - LET’S PAINT TV + FLUGELDAR!!! + MANNLICHER CARCANO
We had a house guest one time who showed us this on Public Access TV. LET’S
PAINT TV where the guy paints while blending iced drinks, jogging on a treadmill
and taking generally insulting calls from the dimwitted inhabitants of the Westside.
Well, with the loss of most public access channels (thank you very f’in much, digital
cable), we have the internet to thank for picking up the slack. Tonight is a special
“In-Curio” performance of LET’S PAINT TV, along with rare performances by the
other two groups, who we know virtually nothing about, save that John from LET’S
PAINT TV likes them. So, come on out!!!
www.letspainttv.com
www.myspace.com/mannlichercarcano
Sun, March 21st - ELECTRIC JELLYFISH + BLACK APPLES +
YOUNG HUNTING + THE COALS (solo)
Oh, thank you, SXSW, for sending amazing touring acts our way, and also allowing
us to fill the bill with bands that have been awkwardly absent from our rug. Tonight
is one of those nights, with ELECTRIC JELLYFISH from Australia, gliding into town
and rocking our face off gently. Our good friends YOUNG HUNTING stand
dangerously close to inheriting slow-core’s crown from Galaxy 500 and Codeine, if
it weren’t for their infrequent bursts into Echo and the Bunnymen frivolity. BLACK
APPLES take a straighter (ha!) approach to psychedelic garage rock, coming out
like the New Stooges at times, whiles other times like roses on a pot bush!
www.myspace.com/electricjellyfish
www.myspace.com/theblackappleband
www.myspace.com/younghunting
Mon, March 22nd - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with DAVID SCOTT STONE +
THE FARADAY TRIPPERS with SLEEPWALKERS LOCAL + OSCILLATOR
Another installment of this far-reaching exploration of sound and new, exciting
ways of making it (and perhaps experiencing it). Tonight, the modular master will
not only thrill and provoke you, but he has kindly allowed two humble Theremin
masters to join, along with yours truly howling and bleeping and generally piling
frequencies on top of one another. And then, the always out-there master of
oscillation, member of To Live and Shave in LA, Ben Wolcott aka OSCILLATOR is
going to rip your mind from your head, via your ears, in a peaceful loving way.
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
www.myspace.com/faradaytrippers
Wed, March 24th - Y LA BAMBA + FALSETTO TEETH +
THE FRANKS + CHILDREN OF THE KAI
A genre-jumping night, chock full of genre-jumping bands. Y LA BAMBA, an
unlikely product of Mexican immigration and Portland acoustic musicians, produce
a hazy fog of guitar loops and dreamy percussion, over which glides
singer/frontwoman Luz Elena Mendoza’s 78rpm vocals. We are happy to pair them
up with new-to-us CHILDREN OF THE KAI, some of the gentlest but strongest
acoustic folk we’ve heard recently. But not to get too wrapped up in the bittersweet
wooden sound of the acoustic, we’ve added the arena-rock stylings of FALSETTO
TEETH (arena-rocking if arenas allowed the Boredoms or Nels Cline to rock them).
And the FRANKS (featuring members of the totally awesome SUPERHUMANOIDS)
will kill us quickly, in precise 3 minute bursts.
www.myspace.com/ylabamba
www.myspace.com/diefranksdie
www.myspace.com/falsettoteeth
www.myspace.com/childrenofthekai
Thurs, March 25th -THE RHONE OCCUPATION + RANDOM PATTERNS +
FAMILY PORTRAIT + FICTIONIST
Man, I hate Word, this shizzle loses my f'in write-ups so often, it makes me want to
punch a programmer in his or her mother's face. ARGHH!!! But i digress. Tonight's
show is brought to you by frustration, but trust me, when it is all over, you (and I
and the programmer's mom) are gonna be super happy. FAMILY PORTRAIT comes
to us from the frat soaked universities of New Jersey, but don't expect any tanned,
oily leather Jersey Shore stuff here, this is good ol' rockin' in the dorm room with 18
of your closest drunk friends. Somewhere between Wu Tang and Pavement, we
expect a good ol' dance party for this one. Joining them are two local bands that
are continuously shapechanging and evolving (RANDOM PATTERNS with its
upcoming remix disc and THE RHONE OCCUPATION with brand spankin' new
keyboardist). So grab a sixer and head to room 1519 for this show!
Fri, March 26th - STAG HARE + BIGGER INSIDES +
SUMMER RECREATION CAMP + CATCHER
Tonight is a night of travellers... the colossal STAG HARE from Utah, SUMMER REC
CAMP from Spain, CATCHER from Bellingham, WA, and the dude from TAN
DOLLAR gone solo all the way from Irvine! These folks are gonna need lots of gas
money so come out and get happy. But once you hear these layers of heavy folk
drone, and some dashes of inspired indie lo-fi genius, you're gonna be running
back and forth from the ATM, throwing 20s at these dudes like they were strippers!!!
http://www.myspace.com/staghare
http://www.myspace.com/summerrecreationcamp
http://www.myspace.com/biggerinsides
www.myspace.com/catchermusique
Sat, March 27th - KIT + DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA! +
60 WATT KID + THE OLD LUMPS
Old school LA jams, with some visiting SF flavor (with an obvious love of
uncomfortable punctuation!). A nice mixing of the spheres. 60 WATT KID has
quickly become the brightest hope for rock music, making the freaky-for-the-sake-
of-selling-records Radiohead-esque bands seem myopic in their scope. What
Kevin, Derek and Dylan do is from the heart and soul, albeit passing through about
a thousand cables and several pedals, but real nonetheless. You can hear their
hearts beating underneath all that fuzz and reverb.
www.myspace.com/vvkitvv
www.myspace.com/deathsentencepanda
www.myspace.com/60wattkid
Sun, March 28th - afternoon show with GUY BLACKMAN + CRAYON FIELDS +
guests 3p to 6p
Dude, it has been awhile since GUY BLACKMAN was here, like 2 years, but
thankfully we're around for the second coming, much like a very musical Haley's
Comet or a really enjoyable 7 year plague of locusts. He's kinda like Australia's
version of Calvin Johnson, or maybe the guys who did the Slumberland or Merge
Records, bringing the best of songwriting together with the softest of pop, without
getting all wishy washy. Today, yes, today in the sunlight, he is shepherding in the
youthful CRAYON FIELDS for one of their only LA performances. At times
described naive and/or art-pop, CRAYON FIELDS exude a pretty smooth take on
making incredibly catchy, albeit bittersweet music a la 60's beach pop or 70s radio
serenades.
www.myspace.com/guyblackman
www.myspace.com/thecrayonfields
Sun, March 28th - DECAY FEST V with AARON DRAKE + SCOTT CAZAN +
jones.keusch + ULRICH KREIGER, MATTHEW SETZER & ANDY NIVEN
DECAY FEST V is gonna spread out your mind past the point of openness, but you’
re gonna appreciate it (eventually)… SCOTT CAZAN is a performer and multimedia
artist with a deep love for sound. He specializes in the performance of live
electronic music where he explores human relations with technology, the
physicality of sound and the act of listening. AARON DRAKE brings us a found
object creation based off a car battery, an air pump, and a melodica, so get pumped
for that (no pun intended). jones.keusch is a collaborative electroacoustic
performance platform for guitarist sam jones and sound artist wyatt keusch. the
duo's diverse improvisational backgrounds inform the creation of spontaneous yet
inevitably evolving sonic atmospheres that balance the extremes of serenity and
turbulence. And the larger, many named collaboration can only really be described
as harsh dark experimental electronic ambient doom death
http://www.wyattkeusch.com
http://www.scottcazan.com
http://www.ulrich-krieger.de
http://www.aarondrake.org
Mon, March 29th - BLAINE CAMPBELL + RUTHANN FRIEDMAN +
PINCHE GRINGO + MARIANA JANIK
I was bummed to miss BLAINE CAMPBELL last time he brought his pop circus into
town and circled the wagons. Tonight he is joined by the always entrancing
RUTHANN FRIEDMAN, pretty much the mayor of Folkville (named ASTRAL FOLK
GODDESS by Galactic Zoo Dossier, for cripes sakes!!!). Also joining us is one-man
crazytown PINCHE GRINGO and the charming MARIANA JANIK, making this a
songwriterly type of night, but with a healthy dose of crazy!!!!
www.myspace.com/blainecampbell
www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband
www.myspace.com/dejanik
www.ruthannfriedman
Tues, March 30th - BIZZART presents BITTERENT + CYAN IDES +
THE RETURN OF WALTER GROSS + DROWNING SWANS
BIZZART curates this here show, a showcase of the future of music. To borrow
from total irrelevant pop songs, “The future is so bright, I need to wear shades”!!!! I
mean, look at this write up from Arthur - DROWNING SWANS [andrew felix, bizzart,
ignacio gonzalez] - Ambient drone, NOISE, grime, accapella [DANCE BAND]
And just when you think it is gonna be all beats and blurps, we got BITTERENT,
who I think could give MUDHONEY a run for its money in a few years in the young
guitar garage band department
www.myspace.com/cyanides
www.myspace.com/bitterent
Wed, March 31st - ZOLA JESUS + TEARIST + ZOMBELLE
This is one of those themed kinda nights. I know, it’s easy to just say “Ladies in
Black Night” but it really is the “The Future of Electronic Music with the Human
Voice Night”. All three of these stunning acts come to the table with sick
compositions which perfectly backlight and accent their phenomenally beautiful
and at times harrowing vocals. So, if you like your beats mechanized but your
performers warm and alive, this is your time.
www.myspace.com/zolajesus
www.myspace.com/teariststst
www.myspace.com/zombellemusic
Thurs, April 1st - CHRIS CORSANO + WARM CLIMATE + STELLAR OM SOURCE
Wowee-wow-wow-wow… we’re extra psyched for this show, as we all know the
CORSANO-FLAHERTY DUO, or possibly his work with Sunburned Hand of the
Man, Michael Flowers, Bjork or Jandek, and some of us will have experienced the
CORSANO-KOLOVOS DUO, but most of us have not seen Mr. CHRIS CORSANO
solo. This drummer experimentalist will no doubt take us into realms undreamed
of. As will our good friend Seth and his WARM CLIMATE project, whether it be in its
solo form or three piece mammoth form. More to come on this show!!!
www.cor-sano.com
www.myspace.com/warmclimate
Fri, April 2nd - LAURA GIBSON + ETHAN ROSE perform BRIDGE CAROLS +
NOVI SPLIT + DANIEL AHEARN + CMG AND THE NIGHT
BRIDGE CAROLS was born of both LAURA GIBSON’s (amazing songstress for
HUSH) and sound artist ETHAN ROSE’s separate disenchantments with the written
and spoken word. Together they have created an almost Gysin-esque way of
chopping and rearranging word and tone in new and challenging formats. The
other three bands pretty much go about the same old way that everybody else
does, but man, do they do it beautifully.
www.bridgecarols.com
www.myspace.com/danielahearn
www.myspace.com/cmglovesyou
www.myspace.com/novisplit
Mon, April 5th - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with DAVID SCOTT STONE
This one is just for the calendar, we got no real idea at this point who’s playing, but
that is because we want it to be FRESH!!!!!
www.myspace.com/davidscottstone
Tues, April 6th - ART DROP for APRIL NO THEME SHOW 7p to 10p
Ok, ok… tired of all that thinking, all that cramming your round ideas into our oval
holes. Well, this show is for you. Bring what you want, bring what you got, hell,
make something new. We don’t care. We won’t ask what it is . We just have to be
able to hang it or put it on a shelf, and we’re good to go. Free and easy.
