Like a Johnny Cash-infused version of the Stray Cats’ “Rock This Town,” the song walks a line between rock ‘n’ roll and down-home folk. The vocals echo brazenly and really drive the track forward, frenzied and shouted.
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HE’S MY BROTHER SHE’S MY SISTER: SELF-TITLED EP
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments
FEATHERBEARD @ SYNCHRONICITY SPACE
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments
This is Featherbeard on a dark empty night at Synchronicity Space. Wearing a wedding dress and barefoot, he paced and patted his toes while his voice climbed operatically over thoughts about evolution and transcendence, lingering around images of mother nature perched in the cosmos with her tits hanging out.
LEMON SUN + LEOPOLD & HIS FICTION + RED ARROW MESSENGER @ THE ECHO
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
Red Arrow Messenger and Leopold and His Fiction were fun and all, but the show was all about Lemon Sun, no question about it. Lemon Sun’s effortless charm instantly hooked the crowd. The members of Lemon Sun are confident, seasoned performers who know how to bring an audience together.
APR. 23: "NEW." AN EXPERIMENTAL ROCK OPERA w/ AFTER PARTY HOSTED BY THE STANDARD
April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
8PM SHOW 10:30PM AFTER PARTY. AFTER PARTY FEATURES CHRIS HOLMES DJING, PERFORMANCE BY MECCA, AND DISPLAY OF SHELBY DUNCAN’S PERFORMER PORTRAITS.
APR. 22: "NEW." AN EXPERIMENTAL ROCK OPERA
April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
POST-FACT PRODUCTIONS GALA @ PETER MEHLMAN'S HOUSE
November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In order to raise money for the next run of their play, New, Post-Fact Productions—Rachel Kolar & Lauren Brown—convinced Mehlman (Seinfeld writer/producer) to host a masquerade gala at his house. Gala doesn’t really describe the living room cocktail concert vibe. It was a casual and polite affair aside from a few rowdy adults and a topless one-man dance party wearing shiny leggings called Oliver. The performances hit intimate and quirky heights.
ZIG ZAG WANDERER: HORSE THIEVES, FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
October 20th, 2009 · 8 Comments
I wound up at the Echoplex instead, getting the joy of seeing one of L.A.’s wondrous little surprises, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister. Cali country is something I love with the fervor of a late convert, since even Buck Owens was little more than some jackass on TV until I moved my Dixie-fried ears out here for an accidental steeping in the Bakersfield Sound and its many variants. Robert Kolar and Felipe Ceballos from tough indie wide-boys Lemon Sun contribute heavily to Brother/Sister, with the whole, shifting, multi-piece concatenation in the great line of Gram Rabbit and the Parson Red Heads in the insistence on coupling the High with the Lonesome.
LEMON SUN @ HOTEL CAFE
September 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments
It is no surprise that Lemon Sun is essentially based on a dream Kolar once had—by the end of a set, they have glided you through your own dream sequence leaving you refreshed and desiring more.
THE COWBOY SHOW @ UNKNOWN THEATER
August 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Country-clad strangers huddled around the bar and red-lit couches, holding beers and cookies rather than guns. The DJ played Hank Williams between bands until they ran out of his material, then Loretta Lynn took over. Chilling on the tiered chairs within The Cowboy Show’s intimate vibe, the audience sat rapt, almost hypnotized, every time a band took stage.
