Go To This Saturday Evening: Colleen Green at Touch Vinyl

WEST LOS ANGELES - Perhaps after visiting one or several museums on what is essentially free museum day in much of Los Angeles and Orange County, maybe you want to seem some live music. Maybe not only do you want to see live music, but perhaps you want to see something new. Well, you are in luck, because Saturday evening at 7 p.m. it is highly recommended you go see Colleen Green perform at Touch Vinyl in West L.A., right off Santa Monica Boulevard and the 405 Freeway.

Coming onto the music scene about January 2010 Ms. Green, who originally hails from the land of Oakland, has an album or two out on the Burger Record label, and she describes her musical interest as, "staring at the the ceiling and wall." Perhaps so, but the music of Ms. Green shows that lo-fi not only still exists in this current decade, but maybe if Phil Spector was not quite as crazy and kept himself out of trouble it would be easy to see the famed producer producing Ms. Green's work, which has that modern girl-group sound blended with a minimalist post-punk sound. It is not a stretch to say that maybe the tunes of Colleen Green is a modern mash of Cold Wave and No Wave.

Imagine Rough Trade Record's and now Sub-Pop's Jennifer Gentle mixed with the famed Mr. Spector 1960s girl groups sound jumping into a dance between Siglo XX, The Ramones, Lydia Lunch and The Runaways, and then you may get a little bit of a sense of who and what Colleen Green is all about. Quite frankly, such a description hardly does Ms. Green justice.



Colleen Green will be performing, along with an opening set by Jerry Rogers, at Touch Vinyl.

There are two very cool things about this, first, it is FREE, second, it is all ages!

Colleen Green and Jerry Rogers at 7 p.m.
Touch Vinyl
1646 Sawtelle Blvd. (Just about a block south of Santa Monica Blvd., and two blocks west of the 405)
Los Angeles 90025 

Also...

Ms. Green will be performing in La Luz, White Fang, and Wyatt Blair at the L.A. Art Book Fair After Party at The Church on York on February 1.

Go To This Tuesday: The Aquadolls at The Smell

DOWNTOWN L.A. - If you are looking for something fun and maybe discover a new, excited band then it is highly suggested you go to The Smell in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday evening to see The Aquadolls.

The Aquabats will be sharing the stage with, Together Pangea and The Audacity.

As The Aquadolls, who are on the independent label Burger Records, tell on their Facebook page, the band was, "Founded by Melissa Brooks, The Aquadolls started in January 2012. The current lineup is Melissa Brooks on vocals/guitar, joined by Ryan Frailich on vocals/guitar, Josh Crawford on bass, and Colin Moore on drums. The Aquadolls songs put forth “trip out” sorta vibes, as well as quite aggressive ones."

Here is a recent interview The Aquadolls did with Impression Magazine.

Tickets to Tuesday's show are $10.

UPDATE: Oh crap! According to The Smell's website this show is SOLD OUT and no tickets will be available at the door. Well, if you are a regular show goer then you know when a show is reportedly sold out there is always a way to get in, and so it is still highly suggested you try to do what you can to get into this show.

Checking out The Aquadolls' tune below, "Our Love Will Always Remain," you can tell there is going to be a lot of fun at their show Tuesday.

So go!

The Aquadolls at The Smell, Tuesday January 21.

The Smell
247 South Main Street (Just about at 3rd and Main Streets)
Los Angeles
90012

If you are not familiar with The Smell just remember when you go Tuesday the entrance is located in the alley between 3rd and Spring Streets.