Concert Pirates - Sunset Rubdown @ Troubadour

The Content has a huge man-crush on Spencer Krug. His howling warble of a voice and consistently beautiful and wretched prose has stolen our hearts. He basically had us from “I got a number” and he has continued to leave us with gift upon gift of some of the most excellent and gratifying songwriting to appear in the last few years. We have called him one of the new songwriters of our generation and we wouldn’t be surprised if even more people started to take notice of his abilities outside of the Wolf Parade clan.

Last summer we had the opportunity to head out to the Pitchfork Festival where Sunset Rubdown took center stage for the festivals opening events. It was a momentous occasion not because the band was able to display the fruits of frequently playing together but because of the unveiling of new songs into the Sunset Rubdown catalog. We have been waiting to hear some of those songs again and finally had our chance this past week as the band played with Xiu Xiu at the Troubadour. Luckily, the pirates were out and about and got their paws on a recording of the show. Three new songs were played and a special version of “Happy Birthday” for band member Camilla ended the night.

Note: We are still working out some kinks so “Snakes Got A Leg” is a little blown. Also, all new song titles are tentative.

[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Where Lovers Have Wings (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Snakes Got A Leg (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Burning Out Your Eyes (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Us Ones In Between (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Clusterfuck (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – The One That Runs In The Wild (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – Stadiums And Shrines (Live)
[mp3] Sunset Rubdown – The Empty Threats Of Little Lord / Happy Birthday (Live)

Check out some more new live tracks over at You Ain’t No Picasso. Look for the Concert Pirates feature of Xiu Xiu up next week.

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80 Words Per Minute

This ones for all the Secretaries out there. Happy Secretary’s Day.
I love hand claps. Put that in your rolodex.

[mp3] The Modern Lovers - Government Center

Talking With The Pity Party

Last week I got the chance to sit down with Jul... I mean Heisenflei and Maurice of The Pity Party, and discuss their hopes and dreams, the origins of their live setup and the boring state of indie rock. Come eavesdrop on our conversation:

Rewriteable Content: How did the band get started, and is your live setup a deliberate move or out of necessity (Heisenflei plays drums, keyboards and sings simultaneously)?

Hesenflei: We went to highschool together in the valley, and we knew we wanted to make music together, because we felt like we shared a particular view of what you should do when you set out to make music. What it should sound like and what it shouldn't sound like.

RC: Is that just an inherent idea?

H: I don’t know – it should rarely sound like something you’ve heard before. If we are writing a song and one of us says oh that sound just like so and so, we both get really mad and our pride is hurt. Not that we can invent anything because everything is invented, but anyway…

[Maurice] was living in New York at the time, and he came to LA for a month and recorded some songs in my studio apartment. We knew that [Maurice] was going to play guitar and I was going to play keyboards, but we weren’t quite sure what the live setup was going to be. Once [Maurice] moved back to LA we started renting a practice space by the hour, which had a drum kit in it. So I was like ‘me I want to play drums.’

Maurice: Literally

H: So we decided that I was going to be the drummer. Meg White broke the glass ceiling for girls playing drums, but not only Meg White because for me it was more Carla Azar from Autolux. Pretty soon I started bumming out though, because I had always played music and drumming was new to me. I got the idea to use the keyboard, but thought it was a stupid idea and didn’t think it would ever work. The first songs we wrote had one or two keyboard notes in it.

RC: How did you get into the Silver Lake music scene?

H: My brother’s in the band Autolux and so that does what it does. It does a lot for us musically, because we are so in awe of them. I’ve always be in awe of my brother.

M: From a guitarist’s point of view I feel very much the same way.

H: We knew of Scott [Sterling] and he was really nice to us and he gave us our first gig at Silver Lake Lounge about a year ago.

RC: What bands are you into inside that scene?

H: We’ve played with Happy Hollows, Silversun Pickups, Bird and the Bee, The Front and Great Northern. For a while Great Northern and The Pity Party were having a feedback loop. We’d go see them and then write a song and try to Great Northern it out. Then they’d come see us play and the next time we saw them they’d have some guitars that sounded like [Maurice], which was weird because we’re so different as bands.

We just played with the Raveonettes in New York, which was amazing. We also have a few dates coming up with The Midnight Movies.

RC: You seemed to connect with the section in my review where I talked about your live show having aspect of Andy Warhol’s Factory. Can you elaborate on your thoughts regarding that?

H: When we see bands that make don’t make us feel like a broken finger on an otherwise beautiful hand, we get really excited. However, by in large when we go to shows we see very consonant music that sounds like other music you’ve heard. It’s like a format.

Some paper called us “electro oddities” recently, but it’s not like we’re art rock. We never thought that being more adventurous and experimental was that weird. One reason is that Autolux has always been in my life. So when we found Happy Hollows and Eagle and Talon we were excited to find people who wanted to make something different and wouldn't make us look like freaks.

We had rules before the band got started – no songs about love or going to parties, no songs where we say “I” or “me,” I always had to sing lower than [Maurice]. This is how to ensure that you never make any money or go anywhere.

RC: Do you have any plans for how you are going to chart the music business waters?

H: We’re putting out a limited edition vinyl picture disc with Missing Finger Records, and it’s basically a hand shake deal. In terms of the future... so every local band is going to mention Silversun Pickups or at least their brain is going to think about them when you ask them what they want to do. They’ve been around for 7 years, and they signed to a small label with a lot of money. They got the power of publicity behind it, and they’ve really had a quick rise. On the one hand I think we’d like to be a big fish on a small label, but who wouldn’t want that. I would feel really scared to sign to a major label right now, but I don’t think they’re signing bands anymore. I do believe we need some publicity outlet even if we do it on our own.

In our present incarnation, we have a limited visual appeal, with [Maurice] as the principal dancer and me just stuck behind the drums. So as we are now it would be awesome if we could be as big as Blonde Redhead, which is really big to us. But if there were other incarnations then I’d love to be as big as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but I don’t know how that happens.

RC: Plans for an LP?

H: We’re making our record right now, and it’s sounding so heavy. It’s being recorded by Manny Nieto who was in Distortion Felix, who were a very cool band.

M: He’s the master of guitar tones.

H: Right now he’s in the studio with The Breeders and has worked with bands like Monsters Are Waiting and Circle Jerks.

We’re recording the album all on recycled 2” tape, Recycling has sort of become a theme with us - we made all our CD covers from recycled material we found around the house. I also feel like when you’re recording you shouldn’t see the music on the screen, you should be listening to it.

At this point we are going to put it out ourselves, which feels weird because obviously you have to take all the initiative.

Somewhere around here our conversation turned to how the American Apparel billboards creep us out... The End.

Thank you so much to The Pity Party for talking with me and to you for reading this.

Live tracks from The Scene 04/19:
[mp3] The Pity Party - Dronebots and Peons
[mp3] The Pity Party - WMD

Tour Dates:
4/30/07 - The Echo
5/3/07 - The Glass House
5/25/07 - Safari Sams

[photo cred: alan munoz]

No Need To Be Downhearted

The Electric Soft Parade might have just released one of my favorite records of the year. No Need To Be Downhearted (our 4/24) is a far different excursion than has been had by recent British imports with the dance rock fusion of the Klaxons, Test Icicles, and even the Arctic Monkeys. The scene that the Electric Soft Parade has painted is a shape shifting canvas of beautiful British song writing underneath the umbrella of harmony and melodic seventh chords. It’s a result of the mere tendency for some artists to revert to the classics for inspiration rather than treading a new path blazed by the appropriation of technology and experimentation.

The opening tracks of ...Downhearted portray the sonic landscape and pop sensibilities that are portrayed throughout the album. It’s a shifting ride from somber melancholia to beat-driven pop masterpiece. “Life In The Backseat” carries the same hit-making possibilities as the Cloud Room’s hit-that-never-was, “Hey Now Now,” but with the energy and mimic of an Of Montreal breakdown. It carries a childlike optimism for life where you finally take your place in the driver’s seat of life and embark on your own crash course journey through the terrains of living and learning.

[mp3] The Electric Soft Parade – Life In The Backseat
[mp3] The Electric Soft Parade – If That’s The Case, Then I Don’t Know
[mp3] The Electric Soft Parade – Cold War (from The Human Body EP)
[mp3] The Electric Soft Parade – Kick In The Teeth (from The Human Body EP)

5/30/07 – Spaceland (w/ BrakesBrakesBrakes and Pela)

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LA Throws The Little Ones a Homecoming Party

Thank God Losanjealous always shoots the best shows in LA.

Over the last year The Content has done several different pieces on The Little Ones, all discussing how great they are. Since we first bought their Sing Song Ep in December 05 (yikes it's been a while), The Little Ones have transformed from a local act to a national touring band. Because of that change a Little Ones show in LA has become a rare opportunity and a time of celebration.

In proper fashion, the pop quintet filled the Troubadour earlier this month - introducing a slew of new songs, as well as all their EP jams. As the photo above indicates, the show was pure enjoyment for both the audience and band. The new tracks have one thing in common - percussion. The songs consisted of an onslaught of shakers, tambourines and drums, which while present on the EP, have risen to a whole new foot tapping level. For a longtime fan, the best aspect of The Little Ones is their steady trajectory. Their fan base is loyal, the buzz is purely word of mouth, and their songwriting has matured without losing any flavor.

We spoke with Edward after the show, and the recording of The Little Ones debut LP is underway. We will keep you posted with all the details, when they come in.

Grab some great live tracks at Daytrotter!

[mp3] The Little Ones - Lover Who Uncover (Crystal Castles Remix)

Mando Diao: A history lesson in rock n’ roll

Before Rock n’ Roll there was nothing. That somewhat sums up the mission statement of Mando Diao who, with their genre grabbing new album Ode To Ocrasy (out April 24), have hit upon just about every rockin’ era post-1954. And with that said, Ode To Ocrasy is in many ways a history lesson in rock music; we are taken through impersonations of everything from spot on renditions of the Clash (“TV & Me”), John Lennon (“The New Boy”), Billy Idol’s rebel yell (“Long Before Rock ‘N’ Roll”) to hinting at more modern post-Franz Ferdinand dance rock. Many virgin ears to Mando Diao might find it easy to compare the quintet rock outfit to that last band but it’s a short-winded comparison that is unable to hold its function after deeper listening of the music.

I wouldn’t go as far as make any religious comparisons to Mando Diao’s music (as the band has done) but I will call this pure hearted rock ‘n roll that does enough justice to all its sub-genres to be somewhat revelatory.

[mp3] Mando Diao – Long Before Rock 'N' Roll
[mp3] Mando Diao - Amsterdam
Stream the entire album at the bands Myspace.

4/29/07 – Coachella
5/22/07 – Troubadour (tix)

If you need any help being convinced to catch Mando Diao live than just watch the following video of “Long Before Rock ‘N’ Roll” taken at the bands performance at SXSW.

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Here is the artwork for Ode To Ochrasy:

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Concert Pirates: Deerhunter

The pirates have struck again! This time our victims were the fine folks at the Echo, and the band - Deerhunter. Known for having a chaotic, some would say terrible live show (read the quotes on their myspace), RC knew it was essential to go record the show and set the record straight. Our first piece of news is that Deerhunter is the farthest thing from awful live. Somehow the band's live sound was able to capture Cryptograms watery production, turning the Echo into a giant fishbowl.

While a normal rock concert is carved from a block of silence, Deerhunter's set was chiseled from a wall of noise - the songs excavated from the debris surrounding them. It was an intense, inverse experience. Unfortunately, it was pretty hard to capture all this in the live recording. The live tracks are actually more discernible as songs then my experience at the show. At the show it felt like songs floated in and out of each other, and that the melodies were often eaten by a pit of feedback and delay; however, the mp3 recordings play pretty straightforward - for a Deerhunter concert at least.

Bradford took cues from rock legends of the past - sporting a blue sundress and long black wig. Sadly our resident lens master Braedon was out of the country, which means no pics - so you'll have to use your imagination.

***we are missing the first song***
[mp3] Deerhunter - Cryptograms / Wash Off (live)
[mp3] Deerhunter - Spring Hall Convert (live)
[mp3] Deerhunter - Hazel St (live)
[mp3] Deerhunter - Octet (live)
[mp3] Deerhunter - Strange Lights (live)

Surf’s Up

“Surfin’ is the only life, the only way for me, now surf with me”

I have been in love with surfing since I was ten years old, when I caught my first wave at Blackies in Newport Beach. This love grew into an obsession for my friends and I. One that ruled many of our mornings during our high school years, as well as fueled our foreign excursions to empty beaches filled with perfect peaks along the shores of Baja California, Costa Rica, and Hawaii. My current schedule has been repeatedly blamed for hindering my access to the beach to catch a good left, but that yearning to get back in the water has never gone away.

This past week in Newport Beach, which the Content claims as its hometown, a huge swell hit the south facing beaches that resulted in some huge conditions. The following photographs taken at the Wedge in Newport Beach are just a taste of what Mother Nature is capable of when the conditions are right. You should all get that “I’m-scared-straight” pit in your stomach after looking at these pictures. If you don’t you either have huge cajones or are part of the reason the kids in the OC make fun of the 909.

(Click Photos To Enlarge)

[mp3] The Beach Boys – Surfin’
[mp3] Dick Dale - Misirlou
[mp3] Weezer – Surf Wax USA
[mp3] Eskimohunter – Surfing At 32F
[mp3] Soundgarden – My Wave
[mp3] Pearl Jam – Oceans
[mp3] The Shins – Black Wave
[mp3] Modest Mouse – Ocean Breaths Salty
[mp3] The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (Brian Wilson Solo)

R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut

"All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true." - Slaughterhouse-Five

In remembrance of the late Kurt Vonnegut, I decided it was time to remind everyone that we are in a war, which is destined to never end, since even the slightest recalculation (unless it's a surge) emboldens terrorism. Ok - I'm not going to say anything further about this, because it will get me nowhere. Those who agree are singing along with the choir, and those who don't are spitting on this article (and soon realizing they just spat on their computer).

My only advice is to go burn all books written by political bobble-heads like Anne Coulter or Michael Moore, and read authors that see human life outside the lines of red and blue (Pynchon, Vonnegut, Carver, Eliot...). Once above the fog of politics, the path for humanity becomes a lot clearer. We are currently on a path of destruction that cannot be mended by further destruction...

Various Thoughts on War
[mp3] The Thermals - Power Doesn't Run on Nothing
[mp3] TV on the Radio - Dry Drunk Emperor
[mp3] Tom Waits - Day After Tomorrow
[www] Bright Eyes - When the President Talks to God
[mp3] The Blood Brothers - Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank
[mp3] Black Eyes - On the Sacred Side

The Sky Drops cloud cover electricity

It’s hard for me not to hear the whisper of Kevin Shields when listening to Deleware’s “gaze-grunge” duo the Sky Drops. The noise sounds like cloud cover electricity that one awakens to at ungodly, pre-sunlight mornings when one’s limbs are still slow to move; the melodies are slow but promising, as they emerge through the fog of ambient guitar driven static. I think that it’s the promise of what is hidden within the noise that will attract most. In the same way that shoe gazing grandfathers My Bloody Valentine fashioned their rock pop dissonance, the Sky Drops run a minimalist ship that somehow manages to sail seas that should be tackled by a fleet of men. I hate asking the “what would be” question when dealing with music that comfortably stands on its own two feet but it is hard to not think of the possibilities of adding a bass and keys to the ambient duos mix. And yet somehow I think that the Sky Drops have already learned that bigger is not always better especially when big is already a key adjective in their sound.

[mp3] The Sky Drops – Hang On
[mp3] The Sky Drops – Green To Red
[mp3] The Sky Drops – Now Would Be

Buy the Sky Drops new Clouds of People EP here.

Be sure to check out the Sky Drops as the come to the Echo next week. I have never seen the duo live but I am sure that its going to rock your bloody socks off.


4/19/07 @ the Echo (w/ Spindrift, Stevenson Ranch Davidians)

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Concert Pirates: Man Man

UPDATE: All the tracks should be working now - sorry for the delay.

Last week, we somehow managed to sneak The Content's new recording toy into the heavily guarded facilities of the Roxy. Picture the opening scene from Goldeneye - we basically repelled from the ceiling. Actually, a better description might involve us walking through the front door past two security dudes who could have given two shits.

I first saw Man Man at the Pitchfork Festival last year, where despite the dense heat they played an unbelievable set - getting people dancing through the sludge of humidity. I then saw them at the 21+ Spaceland show, where despite the comfortable climate no one moved a limb. Yawn. That being said, the show at the Roxy was nothing short of an Easter miracle, with hoards of kids responding to every note played by the five wild men in white. Enough words - enjoy the music below!

I decided not to post the entire show, due to some sound quality issues. We're still fine tuning our new device, so don't worry because recordings will only get better. In the future would you rather have the whole show, or just the highlights?

[mp3] Man Man - Zebra part 1 (live)
[mp3] Man Man - Zebra part 2 (live)
[mp3] Man Man - New Song ("Zombies")(live)
[mp3] Man Man - New Song ("She Don't Sleep...") / New Song ("I Know")(live)
[mp3] Man Man - Hot Bat / Push the Eagle's Stomach / New Song (um... awesome?)(live)
note: The new song titles are just names I deduced from lyrics. Thought it was better than "new song #4"

Hello, Hello Again: Doo-Wop To It

In my endless study of pop music I have become somewhat disenchanted with the state of things. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Timberlake and Timbaland colab but at the moment I have become more interested in where things came from. So back and back I have traveled, through decades long forgotten, to music that many scoff at or have an alienating, pretentious affection towards. Hopefully I don’t fall in to either category but I have just become all up and giddy over doo-wop in the last short while.

In my excitement to share some of these “vocal based rhythm and blues tunes” with others I came across the promising ears of my father. As I played him “Sh-boom” by the Chords his eyes lit up as I could see him be transported back to those dance hall days where the jukeboxes played wax and the girls crackled with crinoline. It was amazing to watch my father, whose lack of musical interest is proven by his ineptitude to fix his broken car radio after three years and prominent, yet unplayed, Celine Dion collection, awaken to the sounds of his past. The smile that crept over his face as he mouthed the words brought upon a nostalgic trip into his years of innocence. It all made me realize that this music, though our generation may be cut off from fully understanding its worth, meant as much to the kids back then as Timbaland or T-Lake does today.

[mp3] The Chords – Sh-boom
[mp3] The Platters – Only You (And You Alone)
[mp3] The Wrens – (Will You) Come Back My Love

NOTE: The above posted song by The Wrens is a different Wrens than the indie rock grandfathers that we all have come to love. Just pointing it out to those of you who think you are getting a new Wrens song.

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Meet the Friendly Folks of Whispertown2000

-Hi there... good to have you with us. Don't be shy now, come pull up a chair and pour yourself some brown liquor n' ice.

-Now that you're all settled in, I have a little treat to share with you... some candy for the old eardrums, if you will. Let me introduce you to a band by the name of Whispertown2000. They're five good people from Los Angeles, who play music that'll make you smile. Though they reside in the bustling city of LA, don't hold it against them, because these kids have themselves a true country soul.

-Alright, do yourself a favor and drop that needle on "Restless." Don't you just love that vinyl pop. Despite it's title, "Restless" revels in its slow pace. When I close my eyes, I can see Morgan and Vanessa's dual vocal melodies floating through a dusty, pine shaded road. The melodic lines and acoustic strum feel as if soaked by the sun - left unaware of the accelerating world. A perfect treat for you city dwellers.

- Seems like a good time to put on "Through a Hole." With a clanging dinner triangle and all, this song is meant to be heard around the campfire. I'm no songwriter myself, but I know a good melody when I hear it, and "Through a Hole" is crafted from timeless American melodies. You'll discover this after a few listens, when the tune holds in your mind and escapes as a whistle when you least expect it.

-Well I think you got yourself a good idea about what makes Whispertown2000 special, now go explore them for yourselves!

Have some tunes:

[mp3] Whispertown2000 - Restless
[mp3] Whispertown2000 - Through a Hole

Enjoy a film:

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RC's Moon Mixtape

I have a thing or two to say concerning this, The Moon EP.

I’ve taken to taking walks at night when I’m done with computer and television. This is a really quite a splendid practice I recommend to all of you. It's perfect lurker weather right now. Brisk. Take a sweatshirt or a scarf. Trespass a little. Whatever. All of it.

The moon is a neat thing. We went there I’m sure you know. There's a beautiful moviefilm called For All Mankind about having done that; its made up of footage NASA shot throughout the Apollo missions. This is the other thing I wanted to say - If you’re into the moon you might like that show.

Moon Ep (for maximum enjoyment please keep in order):

[mp3] Nick Drake - Pink Moon
[mp3] No Knife - This Moonlife
[mp3] Sun Kil Moon - Gentle Moon
[mp3] Frankie Laine - Moonlight Gambler
[mp3] Cat Power - The Moon

Who'd Ever Thought You'd Join A Band?

Disaster…devastation…you lied to me. With song titles like that you would seem to have a fresh pile of emo poop ready to ooze through your headphones or at least a trinity of thrown out NIN b-sides. It’s even hard to imagine that songs titled with so much angst and despair could be filled with an equal amount of anthem beauty. Somewhere during the love making sessions of Low and Pink Floyd, the Besnard Lakes escaped to produce some mutant beauty of epic, sonic anthems based around rocking riff management and choral co-ed arrangements that are as beautiful in their construction as they are in their destruction. Everything on the Besnard Lakes new album The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse is magnificent from its whispered falsetto invocation through its triple drum kit entendres to the final enveloping doo-wop-to-it backing vocals during the album’s final moments. It’s rock done interesting. But then again, what can you expect from a band who claims its address in Montreal?

[mp3] The Besnard Lakes – Disaster

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The Deadly Syndrome and The Happy Hollows rock Let's Independent

Back in October, RC was introduced to The Deadly Syndrome, and quickly deemed them one of our "Fresh Faced Artists." Jumping forward six months, The Deadly Syndrome have raced ahead of the pack and are, in my humble opinion, the best band currently playing in LA. While their four song EP made for a tasty appetizer, I wasn't prepared to knight them as the real deal until I got a bite of the main course. The band recently signed a deal with Dim Mak, and have their debut LP coming out this summer. A few days back I finally got to taste the entree, and all I can say is - yum.

Last week I was lucky enough to attend Radio Free Silver Lake's one year anniversary party, and experience the one-two punch of The Happy Hollows and The Deadly Syndrome. The first left hook came from the female fronted three piece, The Happy Hollows. Taking cues from Deerhoof, The Hollows danced and screamed their way through a series of quick riffed, pop induced rock. I'm a sucker for stage presence, and Sarah's spastic energy kept perfect pace with a set teetering into chaos. With only a handful of recorded songs, The Happy Hollows are another band in need of a full length. Luckily, they have curbed this lack of itunes time, with a consistent dose of local shows.Already disoriented by the first punch, I could do nothing but fall into oblivion once attacked by The Deadly Syndrome's vicious, right hand upper-cut. The four piece somehow make their music look effortless, when in fact they have achieved the difficult combination of inventive lyrics, infectious melodies and an air tight performance. From what I heard of the full length, the produced tracks retain the band's live energy.

Staying conscious of their role on stage, The Deadly Syndrome brought a slew of cardboard cut-out ghosts to decorate the set, and assigned themselves proper instrument named t-shirts. All these detailed are evidence that The Deadly's understand the music world, and know what it takes to stand out. Of course, all these additions would mean nothing if the music wasn't great, but since I've had "Eucalyptus" playing in my head for about five days, their onstage inventions are icing on the cake.Do yourself a favor and see these great bands before they get huge - at which point you'll want to be able to say "I saw them back in the day."

The Deadly Syndrome:
04/03/07 Cinespace
04/14/07 Spaceland (w/ The Happy Hollows)
04/21/07 ExPlx (w/ The Klaxons)

[mp3] The Deadly Syndrome - Eucalyptus (EP version)
[mp3] The Happy Hollows - Vietnam

photos by: Braedon

note: More photos from the show can be viewed at Pictage. You have to set up an quick login, but there are about 50 pics here.