the.Presets.(L!VE)...

The.Presets.2012

@the.Vanguard.(Los Angeles, CA)

Friday.October.26th

What the FCVK is going on?  At least TDCC took this round.  Right behind me, another fight broke out and this time it was guys.  I saw fists being thrown, but no one went down.  The Presets where still playing, but when they finished the song,  Kim Moyes (Drummer) got up from his drum set and checked to see if everything was okay.  I didn't see anyone get pulled out and the guy who was punched, gave them the thumbs up.  So they went on with the next song.

The.Presets went on around midnight and they came out with Halloween outfits.  Julian Hamilton (Lead Singer) came out looking like one of the characters from Clockwork Orange.  The best was, Kim.  He had fishnets on, boxers, tape on his nipples, a pair of pantyhose covering half his face (creepy) and TWO dildos (one was black and the other was purple, nice choice) that he swung around a couple of times.  He was  hilarious.  Sometimes he would hit the symbols with them and when he stepped out from the drums, he would slightly bounce the dildos on people's heads.  To...funny!

Once again, The Presets...K!CKd A$$.  The show went by quickly.  It was song after song and the new stuff sounded...AWESUM!!!  They played, "Ghosts", "Promises", "Fall", "A.O.", "Youth in Trouble" and many more from, Pacifica (NEW album that you need to snag).   But, no "Anywhere"...DAM!  I was hoping for that one and they made up with "This Boy's in Love".   Nice.

The crowd was a little wild, It must of been the costumes that they where wearing.  I was up in the very front and some people  wanted to slowly shove me to the side, but that was not happening.  Then I started to feel this  girl trying to grind on me.  It was nice for awhile, but she should of gotten the hint after five minutes that I was not joining her.  Funny and a first.   Hahahahaha.

Over all, the.Presets...K!LLED !T and so did Vitto Rocco (Drums) and sexy Gabriel Andruzzi (Sax).  They DJed the event along with Miami Horror, but the.Rapture crew had the better set...

\m/ - AWESUM!

Two.Door.Cinema.Club.(L!VE)...

Two.Door.Cinema.Club.2012

@Hollywood.Paladium.(L.A. CA)

Thursday.October.25th

I don't know what was worse, the t-shirt line or the show.  Don't get me wrong, this concert was so far the BEST, but what was up with the people here tonight.  Dick heads!

During TDCC performance, these two girls went at it (Fighting), I mean, hard core gangster $H!T.   Fist being thrown and hair being pulled.  It was...wild.  The last time I saw something like that was in high school.  That girl went down and of course you had some dick head saying "fuckin fat girls!".   

After the show, I went to get a shirt and it was a cluster fuck of a line.  People are such animals, just to get a simple shirt, that you have to push and shove for no reason.  It was insane and I was surprised that there was no security to control these dogs.  To top it off, when someone got a shirt, they decide to push people, just to leave.  This guy did it to me and I kicked him.  I guess he needed to rush to CVS because the motherfucker's breath...STUNK!  JESUS!

Besides all that, this show was the $H!T.  There was some $$$ (money) thrown at this show.  The lights where amazing.  It was simple and the sound was...AWESUM (went home a little deaf)!!!  The new songs sounded better live for some reason to me.  It took me a couple of spins to like "Beacon" and I am LOVING IT!     

The first band that opened up the show was okay.   The second band, Friends was being swallowed by the masses.  They are better at small venues.  The people next to me where disliking them and trying to figure them out.  There show was different from The Echo show.  They where dolled up and had this really strange person dancing (2012 Bez [Happy Mondays] maybe) and doing other crazy things.  I loved how strange they where and it made me miss New York City...

\m/ - FCVK YE4!!!

Shiny.Toy.Guns w/MNDR (L!VE)...

Shiny.Toy.Guns.2012

@the.EchoPlex (L.A., CA)

Tuesday.October.23rd

KROQ nite at the plex.  Weird.  What is KROQ now?  I stopped listening to that station in 92.  Sometimes I'll sneak a peak to hear what they are playing and it's still...CRAP!   

Long line to get in, but it moved quickly.  Once inside, the place was packed.  I have no idea if this is sold out.  Never mind, yes it was.

MNDR...K!LLED !T, but the crowd was...D.E.A.D.   Amanda Warner (Lead Singer) was pumping them up and it worked, but just for a small while.  I loved her 80's Hip-Hop dance moves that she was doing.  It reminded me of Salt-n-Pepa "Push It" video.  Even though it was a solo performance, MNDR was giving it her all and I loved it.  She had my attention from the start.  I  wondered  if Madonna got her initials from her new album from Amanda?

Shiny.Toy.Guns. played a twenty song set that was pretty good.  They played some cover songs (Depeche Mode "Stripped" of course) and new stuff from the new album that came out today, titled, III (do you think they got the idea from Crystal Castles?).

They played "Le Disko" towards the middle of the show and closed it with two of my favorite songs, "Fading Listening" (I really LOVE that Fleetwood Mac sounding song) and "You Are the One". Perfect!  What a way to end this night.

Besides, Carah Faye Charnow (Lead Singer) throwing her mic on the ground really hard (SO PUNK ROCK) for not working during the opening song, this was, pretty...


\m/ - AWESUM!

Van.She.(L!VE)...

Van.She.2012

@1643.Cosmo.Street

Dim.Mak.Studios

Wednesday.October.17th

I arrived around 10pm and there was a HUGE line to get in to this iHeartcomix event.  Once inside, I had to go up these stairs that is tagged up (I LOVE IT!).  When I came up to the main room, I noticed that I was at CineSpace. Gotta keep it fresh for the kids.

The first band, Room 8 had some  problems after the 1st song.  The music they performed reminded me of those 80's B-movie bands with that cheesy instrumental sound that had a saxophone in the middle of the music.  Speaking of the devil, the Sax guy decided to play while they fix the problem.  Funny.  The techie guys are scrambling like roaches to fix the situation and once it was  fixed, Room 8 set was cut short.  They wanted to play more, but they sound people said, "NO"!  SUX.

DWNTWN was okay, but once again, they had some problems too. The keyboard was not working.  It feels like I am at TAIX's Champagne room, again.   Since the mic was getting a lot of feed back, the lead singer decided to jump off stage and sing with the crowd.  Sure enough, she got in trouble and was told to go back on stage.  Really?  Thats what rockstars do.

It's already 12:10 and VAN SHE is still not on stage.  FCVK!  I could of gone to see EXITMUSIC after all first.  DAM!  

it's 12:30and Van She didn't disappoint.  It was funny to hear people shout out for "Kelly" (which they played towards the end, but was not the encore song).  Of course, they too had problems.   What is going on here besides the crowd getting sloppy drunk around me.  The guys in front decided to place one of there trucker hats on the synth stand and I was surprised that Matt Van Schie (Lead Singer) didn't reach out and threw it back to them.  He was a good sport, but you can see him looking a them a couple of times.  Funny.  The set was hit after hit and it was GREAT to see them after how long, 7 years.  WOW.  I hope they don't take that long again. 

\m/ =. Rock On!!

GOSS!P.(L!VE)....

Gossip.2012

@the.Fonda.(Los Angeles, CA)

Friday.October.12th

WOW!!! This should just be my write up.  Period.  Beth Ditto (Lead Singer) is a FCVKn true artist with an amazing voice that she gave me goosebumps a couple of times.  This show ended with a...BANG!  Seriously.  

From "What's Love Got to Do With It" (K!LLER cover that Beth did) to a mash-up of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with "Standing in the Wave of Control".  FCVKn...Brilliant!  Of course, a fight broke out in the middle.  When I was looking back on my videos, I noticed the punches being swung.   It was crazy.  You would think, but I guess not.  I almost got pushed out of the way, so these kids could shove me off my spot, but I shoved them back and they moved on to there next victim.

That middle section that caused a little riot (the guy was pulled out aggressively from security), had Beth concerned during the middle of the show.  Thank God this happened towards the end because I think beth would of stopped the show, maybe.  In the middle of the show, there was something going on, that you would see security trying to figure out the problem.  Even Beth Ditto stepped in to figure out the problem.  You would see people pointing at someone to get pulled out, but no one ever did.  Whatever was the problem, it was solved with a punch.  Now that was...PUNK ROCK!

This was the show to be tonight!  The xx was playing down the street and I bet, there was no punches being thrown around.

\m/ - ROCK STAR!!

Ohh.La.La.Kitsune.Night.2012

Ohh La La Fest .2012

Kitsune.Maison.Night

@el.Rey.(Los Angeles, CA)

Thursday.Oct.11th

This is my first time attending this event and it was good.  i LOVED the music they played.  It wasn't  busy and  you can count the people in here.  They where ALL mostly seating along the side of the theater.  Zowie and I sat by the stage.  After 30 minute, people started to arrive and line up along the stage, but not that many. 

Lescop was the opening band.  Even though they sang in French, they rocked it OUT!  The lead had some moves that at first, I chuckled, but later, admired.  The guitarist that was on the left hand side of the stage was very interesting to watch.  He looked like he belonged with Mars Volta.  He had this 70's thing going, nice  white dress shoes, tailored pants and shirt and can't forget his fro.  Very nice.  

Since Lescop sang in French (well, it is Kitsune Night), British band Citizen! killed it!  Not what I excepted.  I just recently downloaded their debut album, "Here We Are" and I am loving it (A MUST GET).  Think of the vain of Franz Ferdinand (Alex Kapranos produced the album) and Friendly Fires combine.  They sure lived up to the album's disco rock grooves and what shiny shoes.  Nice.

Tom Burke (Lead Singer) had on some nice patent leather looking loafers that reminded me of Michael Jackson.  He kind of moon walked or was it just me wanting him too.  If he did, he did it very well.  For sure , I'll be back to catch, Citizens!...AGAIN!

I tried to stick around for Housse de Racket, but they took so long to set up.  It was already 11:10pm and I was getting sleepy.  So, I decided to leave and I bet they threw a great show.  Until the next time but, definitely check out Citizens!  This is the band to watch for.

\m/ - K!CK A$$!!

GRIMES.(L!VE)...

Grimes.2012

@el.Rey.(Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.October.10th

Halloween has arrived early tonight at El Rey Theatre.  The line to get in was wrapped around the block and it moved quite quickly.  I was very surprised to be up front, again.  This time, they had a barricade.  They are tapping tonight's show for Carson Daly.  Groovy.  I looked around and there are some characters tonight.  When I walked to get my shirt, there was this guy wearing a gold flannel...FABULOUS!   A girl across from him had heavy makeup that made he eyes look like a raccoon..trick or treat.  

When I got my Grimes shirt, I noticed a sign on the side with price point of the merchandise she was selling.  All the way in the bottom of the list was, pu$$y rings.  Interesting.  I should of asked.  

The first band went on and they matched the crowd tonight.  They had stuff covering there faces  (think of lamp shades).  They sounded a bit like CocoRosie at first until they played the second song, that comparison just went out the window.  They started screaming instead of singing.  This is why Electroclash didn't last.  At least, they had cool visuals to look at.

It doesn't get better when the second band went on.  Maybe, Claire Boucher (Grimes) did this on purpose so we can talk about the openers.  Smart move, if she did.  That second act was...out there.  It was a one man band and he looked nervous.  He fucked up a couple of times, but I didn't mind.  He should put it in his act.  He was funny and I loved the props he had on stage.  Flowers, stuffed animals and a umbrella that he opened up and sang under it.  Hello, Marry Poppins!

Besides him coming out eating ice cream, Grimes did an awesome show.  I heard a couple of bad things about her live, but today, she kicked ass!   She used the two girls that opened her show and had them  play backup (keyboards).  Sometimes, they would come out from behind the keyboards and dance on a few songs.

As the night tends to die down, they bring out another dancer that looked like a 90's club kid.  She had crazy purple dreadlocks, that she swung  all over the place.  The outfit was gold and it looked like something out of She-Ra.  Rock on!  S, no encore, just a steady flow of hits after hits.  Ms. Grimes, you rocked it out!  I will see her again, that's for sure.

\m/ - AWESUM!