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The Submarines 10:00

Young Lords 9:00
El May 8:00
Family Lumber 7:00

Tue 7/29

Tickets

$10

Submarines

http://www.myspace.com/thesubmarinesmusic
http://thesubmarines.com
John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard recorded HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS, their second album as THE SUBMARINES, as summer vines blossomed and the sun coaxed green grasses up around the stones leading from their East LA home to their garage-turned-home-studio. Honeysuckle Weeks weaves together themes drawn from their immediate surroundings and experience: the garden outside, and the push and pull of life and love inside.

After touring behind their debut, Declare a New State, in the US and Europe, The Submarines were ready to make an album that felt good not only to record but to play in a live setting. â€œOur first album was hugely cathartic for us to make, dealing with a breakup and getting out the sorrow, but weâ€™ve been ready to freak out and have a lot more fun this time around. Weâ€™re thankful not to have to make that record again, to be in a better place,â€ says Hazard. Honeysuckle Weeks also marks the duoâ€™s first album made collaboratively; Declare A New State was written separately during a breakup and recorded upon their reunion.

Sonically, Honeysuckle Weeks is a glorious collage of The Submarinesâ€™ wide-ranging influences, from old-school dub (most evident in tracks like â€œ1940â€ and â€œFern Beardâ€) to intricately layered electronica (as in the psychedelic-classical â€œSubmarine Symphonikaâ€ and â€œThe Thorny Thicketâ€) to 60â€™s pop (as on â€œSwimming Poolâ€ and the Santaria-inspired â€œXaviaâ€). While some songs started with a traditional guitar-in-hand approach, many began with instrumental tracks composed by Dragonetti, which Hazard then completed with words and melody, drawing on each of the their musical strengths. Dragonetti--who masterminded the recording--says, â€œThe glitch is enjoyable, but so are the Beatles, so I just try to follow what the song calls for.â€ The duo was also joined on a number of tracks by the phenomenal Section Quartet.

Young Lords

http://www.myspace.com/younglords
http://www.last.fm/music/Young+Lords
Howling, sweating, beer, the devil, highways and cowboy boots- meet the Young Lords, a band of the purest varietyâ€”New York-based scuzzsters and Austin expats adding to the ever-expanding soundtrack of Americaâ€™s rebellious youth. Birds flipped, noses thumbed, sunglasses cocked, the Young Lords are a quartet of would-be-models shaking hands with the history of rock n roll. Trading in the rumbling guitars, sneering vocals, and insistent drums of 60â€™s blueprinters, the band has managed to make a deafening racket since forming only two short years ago.

El May

http://www.myspace.com/el_may
El May is mostly me - Lara Meyerratken. I've done multi-instrumentalist-ing for Ben Lee, Luna, Luscious Jackson, Crooked Fingers, Dean and Britta, Nada Surf etc. I'm making my first album. It's the very female counterpart to the Chinese Democracy.

Family Lumber

http://www.myspace.com/familylumber
"With a set combining electric and acoustic songs, Family Lumber showcases their depth and originality that youâ€™ll be sure not to miss" - BreakThruRadio.com