Monthly Archives: June 2010

Invading Good Music Episode 2: Almost Nearly/Osprey

On my recent trip to Portland, I took a walk in South East to have a conversation with one of my favorite musicians, Nicole Monet Perry. Nicole is best known for her unique vocals and bass playing in the Portland band Southern Belle (RIP), as well as her completely different solo project – Almost Nearly. [...]

Residencies

July is the host of two truly amazing residencies in Los Angeles. They’re both absolutely free and contain nights full of wonderful music – beginning to end. The only problem is they both land on Mondays. I mean, you have EVERY Monday in July to take advantage of both of these residencies, but still… What [...]

I Promote Good Bands Tomorrow at Proof

I Promote Good Bands continues its once a month reign over Orange County tomorrow night at Proof. Heavy hitters: I Hate You Just Kidding, Matt Kollar and The Angry Mob, Tall Tales and The Silver Lining, and The Tails will be taking over the bar/venue in a wonderful night of music. As always, the show [...]

Sorry for the delay

The second episode of Invading Good Music will be up shortly. I know you’re all hanging on by a thread, just waiting for the next video to be up… but I’ve been having a few technical difficulties. For some reason my videos keep saving in some absurd format, but I’ll be fixing them all this [...]

Seasons’ Winter EP

Seasons’ Winter EP Self-released June 22, 2010 Spend your summer with Winter. Los Angeles based rock/psychedelic/electro band (and an IPGB favorite), Seasons, released their latest EP at The Echo this week. The album is obviously named for the time it was written rather than the release time, but there’s no doubt this album will stay [...]

The Henry Clay People’s “Your Famous Friends”

“Your Famous Friends” is a track off The Henry Clay People’s recent album Somewhere On the Golden Coast. In a music video directed by Benjamin Gauvain Hoste (who also directed The Happy Hollows video for “Death to Vivek Kemp”), The Henry Clay People bring back the popularity of those creepy President masks as they run [...]

Seasons Release Winter EP

Today (June 22, 2010) Los Angeles band Seasons is releasing their newest EP, Winter, at The Echo. This EP is obviously not named for the time it’s being released, but rather for the time it was written. Seasons has a remarkable sense of writing music and is able to capture the essence of each season [...]