
Silverlake Jubilee 's second day went off without a hitch, and attending the festival on Sunday seemed to be the perfect way to wind down before the work week ahead. The food trucks were still ready to serve, local music traveled through the air and the sun and breeze made the festival seem like a spring fling. ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo Despite the weekend coming to an end, bands played like it was Friday night and ignored the June gloom just waiting in the [...]
Cobra Lillies are a free-for-all freak folk band made up of several Eastside bands. The band began as a side project for The Monolators, and every time I see them they have new members and routines, which have included stomp dancing, cheerleaders, and tonight a flamboyant fashion show sketch to open the show. There were bicycle bells ringing throughout the night and all sorts of weird, down-homey folksy instruments.
Abe Vigoda will be playing at Spaceland tomorrow night with The Drones and The Intelligence. Check out their video for Don't Lie below. Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie from Weston Currie on Vimeo . Also on Saturday Ms. Elaine Layabout is hosting her second Hella Hipster Hoedown at Pehrspace with performances from leslie and the badgers, cobra lilies, mississippi man and roman candles . Cobra Lilies will be bringing the house down. If you're still in [...]
Eli of the Monolators 1. "With Luv'" by, natch, Luv'. Luv' was a manufactured girl group from the Netherlands circa late 1970's, basically an attempt to cash in on ABBA's success. There's three of them, all girls, and they all have different personas: there's the one who can sing, there's the "exotic" one, and there's the blonde one. Like Charlie's Angels. The thing is, though, the this record is REALLY REALLY GOOD. I highly recommend watching their videos on youtube. For example: http://www.youtube com/watch?v=vHllh7J-g2o or this one, with [...]
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Sweden) I mentioned this show last week The (International) Noise Conspiracy will be playing at El Cid TONIGHT with Nighthorse. I have to miss the show but don't worry but you can also catch them at the Center For The Arts in Eagle Rock on Friday. That show is presented by F Yeah Fest and Eagle Rock Music Fest with performances from Moonrats and Slang
As you may or may not have heard Spencer Rollins of Young Animals was recently arrested on some trumped up and totally bogus drug charges. This Thursday July 24th la-underground , Classical Geek Theatre , Web In Front and myself are presenting a benefit show to help Spencer pay his skyrocketing legal fees (which are now in excess of $7K) at All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock. There will be a $5 donation at the door but please give what you can. The Cobra Lilies , Avi Buffalo , Exitmusic [...]

The Dodos (San Francisco, CA) The fact that I work in Santa Monica and don't get off until 7 pm will most assuredly keep me from attending The Dodos free in-store this evening at Amoeba in Hollywood. I was heading straight for bumsville when i got an email from the nice folks at Amoeba informing that the entire set will be streamed live on the Amoeba website ! At 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST, point your browsers to [...]

The Cobra Lilies are back and will be playing at Bordello Wednesday April 23rd with The Idaho Falls , Ema & The Ghosts , & Blair . Get all the event details and RSVP right here ! [MP3] The Idaho Falls - Holding On To Your Name (Highly Rec'd!) [MP3] Ema & The Ghosts - Ermine & Mink [MP3] Blair - Mona Lisa [MP3] Cobra Lilies [...]

[MP3] Cobra Lilies - There's Always Love (Rough Demo) [MP3] Cobra Lilies - Tiny Dot In The Deep Blue Sea (Rough Demo) Now seems as good a time as any to unveil a new project I've been playing bass with - Cobra Lilies . Cobra Lilies started as a side project of Eli and Mary Chartkoff of The Monolators . The duo wanted to create a home for [...]