Thanks to the kind folks at Losanjealous, I was able to see The Avett Brothers last night at the El Rey Theatre. It was my first time seeing them, as the couple times I had planned to see them in Portland, it ended up falling through. The brothers were full of energy, which was good for me as I had just returned from Salt Lake City, and was a little tired. It was my first time seeing a show at The El Rey, and its a pretty cool venue. Anyway, if you like bluegrass/alt-country, check out The Avett Brothers, they are great live.
Here is a clip from their show Saturday night in Solana Beach, CA (there weren’t any on youtube from the the LA show yet):
Last night I saw Stephen Marley perform at the Roseland Theater. He’s on tour supporting the release of his first solo project. I do find it interesting that as Stephen (and his older brother Ziggy) age, how much more he sounds like his father. The show was a good mix of stuff from the new album and Bob’s stuff. Stephen also had his younger brother Damian “Jr. Gong” along for the tour, so there were a few songs from Damian’s latest album done as well.
So all in all…a great show…the people around me seemed to have a great time as well…even the people without the red tired eyes 😉
Was able to check out DJ Krush last night at Holocene. The show was great (as expected). If you haven’t heard him definitely go to his webpage and listen to the background music. Of course, going out on a work night makes for a very tired morning the next day, but it was totally worth it. I’d go again tonight if he was spinning in town again tonight…even as dirt tired as I am already.
