For Once, No April Showers…
As always, the month of April never disappoints me for as long as I remember, I sense it coincides with my birthday falling on this month, and somehow the universe or the flying spaghetti monster aligns events to fall right in place, as opposed to July, something bad always happens in that month, usually involving money. Appropriately, I attended the shows that quite possibly showcased some of the most engaging artists this momth.
LA Underground presented some of the area’s singer/songwriters at Mr. T’s Bowl in Highland Park, featuring Cricket and the 2:19, Eliza Rickman, San Diegan, Matt Curreri’s talents, and the very talented Lex Land, whose song appeared on some ABC televison show or the other, I don’t watch television honestly.
On the last day of the month I had to attend the opening of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Thursday night residency at The Regent Theatre, especially after taking in their exuberant hour and a half set on a Monday night at The Echo for Fool’s Gold residency, quite possibly the only band on a midnight slot during a Monday night residency to pack the venue even more. Opening before them came Rumspringa, a pretty lively blues revival duo.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros headlined next, now I actually knew about this group at least a year ago, thanks to an encounter I had with Jade (the female vocal lead) at Pehrspace for an Amnion show, where I shared a bottle of communal wine with her and the group, she happened to mention the band, and I always meant to check them out on that recommendation…better late than never. Their set obviously, did not let this great month of music down, I think their set pretty much established the standard for the type of experience a live show should present to its audience until the end of the year at least.
