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Every summer a little company by the name of Little Radio decides to host a series of shows every Sunday called Summer Camp throughout the summer. Along with good bands (for the most part) there’s a big blow up Slip ‘n Slide, badminten, a moon bounce, food, a pool, ping pong, and general drunken merriment.
June 21rst (the second one this summer, and one of the few on a Saturday) No Age and a few other bands such as The Deadly Syndrome and The Explorers Club battled the heat and put on some performances for us to enjoy. Below are some of the general shenanigans that took place.
On May 28th, everyone’s favorite purveyors of matrimony rock, Mates of State, played Hollywood’s Henry Fonda Theater. The happily wed duo of Kori Gardener and Jason Hammel were playing a few west coast shows in support of the recent release of their 5th album, Re-Arrange Us on Barsuk Records.
Blah Blah free shows Mondays at Spaceland, The Echo, and Silverlake Lounge. You all know this, old news, but the good news is most the bands that play these residencies are good. Mondays for the month of June at The Echo is housing a band called Rumspringa (picture above, and playing some other night at The Echo).
The Music:
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New Order: (the best of) New Order
New Order is one of those bands for me that has great songs for compilation cds. Yo La Tengo is another one of those bands. When bands like these release a best of album, then that’s pretty much all you can ask for. I still have yet to dive into the full New Order experience, but thus far this is my favorite as a whole from them. If you haven’t fully delved, this would be a good start, and if you have, then you most likely own this record and are silently judging me right now.
Hey everybody, see Mack Slevin from Flashing Red Lights play a new acoustic song at Westside Sessions here. He’s also playing a solo show June 5th at 11pm for free at Hyperion Tavern. Hyperion Tavern you ask? No one knows, but little do you realize that this works out to your advantage. Aside from a free show and good songs, it’s always an adventure seeing a show at a place you haven’t been to yet. So now you’ll have an adventure to look forward to June 5th at 11pm for free at Hyperion Tavern.
End Scene,
Dan Tana
PS, My Bloody Valentine will be opening.