St Vincent at El Rey - May 28, 2009
I am entirely in love with St Vincent right now and the new album Actor.

I am entirely in love with St Vincent right now and the new album Actor.

Some super old pics of The Faint at Courtyard Cafe at the University of Illinois Student Union - the “stage” there is just a platform that is about a foot high. A friend saw these photos and said that it looked like Hell - all red lights!
Busting out the archives! Photos of Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins at Hotel Cafe for the first MySpace secret show.

Lily Allen at Wiltern - really great show. Trent has more photos, a review, and a video of “Womanizer” (where yes, Lindsay Lohan did come onstage).


St Vincent at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetary. The new album Actor is out on May 5. Love love love the song Actor Out of Work.


Every time I listen to the song Get Out by Dead Confederate, I end up listening to it about 10 times in a row. Seriously.
I first saw the band in 2008, opening for R.E.M. at Stubb’s during SXSW. I missed them the next two (I think?) times they were in LA and finally was able to make it out to Spaceland to see them.
They closed with a cover of Sonic Youth’s Diamond Sea (one of my favorite SY songs) - there’s a version from another show at hype machine via the music slut.

Dead Confederate at Spaceland
This was actually the first time I’ve seen PJ Harvey live aside from a time when she played bass for Moris Tepper. Really great show - a combination of songs from A Woman A Man Walked By and Dance Hall at Louse Point. At the end she said “maybe see you in June” so I’m hoping for another LA date this summer.

PJ Harvey at El Rey