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July 25, 2006
Trends
At a concert at the Knitting Factory over the weekend, I noticed a trend in the independent music scene in LA versus the Inland Empire.
Indie rock bands are filling what I call the “B� venues all over West Hollywood and Los Angeles. These kids come dressed in t-shirts with funny pictures and sayings, ripped jeans, floppy hair and wrist bands (To wipe the sweat off? No. It’s a statement.)
The Inland Empire is more often run over with folk and classic rock cover bands. But these kids bring it with technical guitar moves and few t-shirt savy jokes.
I hate to be general in this way, but I am talking about trends, which can be no less than a generality. This is not to say that only Indie bands can be found in LA and folk in the I.E. The concert I was attending was a hip-hop/ska band called Ten G Bob. This band has a truly original sound with a funky beat that you cannot help but dance to.
But back to trends. Ten G Bob was second to play at this show at the Knitting Factory, right after this Indie band called Wednesday or Deathcab for Sufjet... something like that. The first band barely had a decent sized audience which was cut in half by the time Ten G Bob began their set. Not only was the crowd minimal, but almost entirely unresponsive as well.
If Ten G Bob were playing at the Vault they would have played until the bar closed. Oso would have had to kick people out (not like he would).
My point is that I so often hear musicians talk about the ambiance at the Vault and the quality of the music. I can tell you first hand, they ain’t kiddin’!
Posted by Darcie Flansburg at July 25, 2006 05:01 PM