Band Names 6

J. Walter Weatherman

Boyfight

Lucille 2

Operation: Hotmother

(Can you tell what I’ve been watching…?)

Flex Mentallo

The Hoaxer

Danny the Street

Beak

Wally Sage

Paste Pot Pete

The Colonies

The Local News

Pavement at The Greek Theatre

When Pavement announced that they would be reuniting for a tour this year, I promised myself that I wouldn’t let anything stop me from seeing them. When the closest show to me seemed to be Coachella, and the festival was only selling 3-day passes, I leaped for the internet to find an alternative. Luckily for me, they were scheduled to play the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley. It just so happens that I was planning an intercontinental trip for as soon after the show as possible, and in a case of good fortune, the flights were cheaper from San Francisco than from Los Angeles. I bought the ticket, made the plans, and prepared for the best show of my life.

In the most significant example of good fortune, that’s just what I got.

Band Names 5

The Concentric Circles

The Ought Nots

Lil Darlin and The Apostrophes

Lethologica

Setholopod

Kodak Bear

Goggles

Holster

The Chalkboards

Grayscale

Funyuns

Pleonastic

Band Names 4

The Sleeping Bags

Amber Sand & the Ampersands (alternate: Anne Percent & the Ampersands)

Expansionists!

NecroComic-Con

Dick Sprang

Glossolalia

The Sticks

The Whispers

Amondegreen

The Bags

Mondays In Space – 2/8/10

For the first night of their month-long residency at Spaceland, Princeton seems to have taken one of a few possible routes. It could be that they chose supporting acts who would make them look better in comparison or it could be that they invited artists with a young-ish following, in order to try and snag a few fans for themselves. Of course, there’s always the possibility that they actually like both of the performers that opened for them, but for that to be true wouldn’t speak too well of their taste.

Band Names 3

Band Names 3

Great and Tearable
Safety First
Mobius Striptease
Quantummy
Lester Bowlcut
Derrick Clapton
My 2 Cents & the Nickel-And-Dimers
L.A. Tigers
Cor Blimey!
L.A. Guyz
Dramedy
Dotted Line
Expletive Deleted
The Humanity
The World
The World Wide Web
The Information Super-Highway

More Band Names

The L.A. River
The Health Nutz
The Reporters
The Paleontologists
Absolutely
The Panhandles
Yesterday
After-School
The Underscores
Funeral Giggles
Big Ups
The Suction Cups

Robert Church and The Holy Community – Le Rouge

Robert Church and The Holy Community - Le Rouge

Usually, when I get a friend request on Myspace from a band or record label, the music is abysmal. And most of the time, it’s music that I would obviously not have any interest in. Being in a band, though, I always give them the benefit of the doubt and listen to enough to get an idea of what the music is like. A few weeks ago, I got a request from Series Two Records and this was the one exception that finally validated my optimism about unsolicited friend requests on the internet. The label has a decently sized catalog of bands from all over the world, but the one that stood out to me was Robert Church and The Holy Community. I watched the two videos below, and then ordered their album Le Rouge. After listening to it for the past week, I can say that this is one of the most satisfactory album purchases I’ve made in a long, long time.

Band Names

Isn’t it fun coming up with band names? They can be silly, cool, or just totally weird. I’m gonna put up band names I’ve come up with from time to time. You should add yours, too!

Jason Lytle – Yours Truly, The Commuter

Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter

When Grandaddy disbanded a couple years back, I was pretty disappointed. I had only discovered them a few months before that and I wanted more. Their final album, Just Like The Fambly Cat, was ultimately a bit of a disappointment, though. Jason Lytle’s voice had become more affected, taking on a “precious” quality, and the songs lacked the punch that had drawn me to Grandaddy on Under The Western Freeway and The Sophtware Slump. Jason Lytle’s new solo album is a continuance of the style of Just Like The Fambly Cat, and though I would certainly count this as good music, I find it lackluster in certain ways.