A band that formed while its members were working at Amoeba Records is almost too on the nose for this city, and the music turned out exactly as that origin predicts — sixties garage and jangle filtered through people who had heard absolutely everything and chose this. They have been the house band for a particular Los Angeles self-image for over a decade: beaches, reverb, a slight melancholy under the sunshine. Live they are looser than the records and the sets lean on the deeper cuts more than casual listeners expect. December in Highland Park, upstairs in an old Masonic lodge with wood floors and a balcony, is a good place to hear it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday, first of two nights. Hometown runs at the end of a year draw everybody who has been meaning to go all along.
A band that formed while its members were working at Amoeba Records is almost too on the nose for this city, and the music turned out exactly as that origin predicts — sixties garage and jangle filtered through people who had heard absolutely everything and chose this. They have been the house band for a particular Los Angeles self-image for over a decade: beaches, reverb, a slight melancholy under the sunshine. Live they are looser than the records and the sets lean on the deeper cuts more than casual listeners expect. December in Highland Park, upstairs in an old Masonic lodge with wood floors and a balcony, is a good place to hear it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday, first of two nights. Hometown runs at the end of a year draw everybody who has been meaning to go all along.
A band that formed while its members were working at Amoeba Records is almost too on the nose for this city, and the music turned out exactly as that origin predicts — sixties garage and jangle filtered through people who had heard absolutely everything and chose this. They have been the house band for a particular Los Angeles self-image for over a decade: beaches, reverb, a slight melancholy under the sunshine. Live they are looser than the records and the sets lean on the deeper cuts more than casual listeners expect. December in Highland Park, upstairs in an old Masonic lodge with wood floors and a balcony, is a good place to hear it. Music at 8:00 PM at 104 N Avenue 56, a Saturday, first of two nights. Hometown runs at the end of a year draw everybody who has been meaning to go all along.