Spoon’s tight set at the Hollywood Palladium was a true gift to their fans, including tunes from their Soft Effects EP as the first of two encores, appearances by Jon Brion on Cherry Bomb and The Underdog and a full horn section.  Frontman Britt Daniel, Jim Eno (drums), Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboards) [...]

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Just when you think summer’s over, a heat wave comes to L.A. and Waved Out 2 comes to the Echoplex, to hose us down with the reverb-soaked sounds of teenage noise pop, chill wave, surf punk and psych-folk. I didn’t know what to expect.

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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.

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Physical limitations in the form of a bum knee dictated that this day be slightly more mellow. It began with a magical set from Yo La Tengo, a band who was born long before or contemporaneously with many festival attendees. The Jersey three-piece took their time, dragging songs out into even longer than usual, extended instrumental jams with frontman Ira Kaplan taking a guitar-shaped sledgehammer to the rhythmic cinder blocks being patiently stacked bassist James McNew and drummer Georgia Hubley.

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In light of today’s weather, we’re putting the rest of the tickets for the Spoon show on sale today at 2PM Pacific Standard Time on Groovetickets.com. ONCE THESE SELL OUT, ABSOLIUTELY NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE. Monday, January 18, 2009 SPOON with DEEP SEA DIVER STRICTLY 21+ DOORS at 8PM EL [...]

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White Rabbits love percussion. In fact, if you know any of their songs, you probably know “Percussion Gun.” I won’t say that going to a White Rabbits concert is like getting shot in the face with that gun, but maybe bonked over the head with the handle of it, say.

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