Best New Bands » bootleg theater http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Chocolate Genius Inc. at The Bootleg Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/chocolate-genius-inc-at-the-bootleg-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/chocolate-genius-inc-at-the-bootleg-theater/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:00:00 +0000 Chocolate Genius Inc. is an enigma. The musical project of New York artist Marc Anthony Thompson performed last night at Bootleg Theater to an attentive and intrigued audience, and I’m fairly certain that the majority of the audience left with more questions about his origins and inner workings than they arrived with. He began the

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  1. Agent Ribbons at Bootleg Theater: Songs, patty cake, and a stolen guitar Becoming a fan of Agent Ribbons is like an invitation down the proverbial rabbit hole: you have no idea how deep you’re going to get involved after that first tentative step. I was at first intrigued by their genre-defying album...
  2. Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I...
  3. Preview: Ana Tijoux & Nocando @ The Bootleg Theater Ana Tijoux will be playing LA’s Bootleg Theater on February 12 with Nocando. We’ve been following Ana for a while, and this is a show worth catching. When Cornell Wedge caught her in Washington DC last year, he had this...
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  1. Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I...
  2. Agent Ribbons at Bootleg Theater: Songs, patty cake, and a stolen guitar Becoming a fan of Agent Ribbons is like an invitation down the proverbial rabbit hole: you have no idea how deep you’re going to get involved after that first tentative step. I was at first intrigued by their genre-defying album...
  3. Preview: Ana Tijoux & Nocando @ The Bootleg Theater Ana Tijoux will be playing LA’s Bootleg Theater on February 12 with Nocando. We’ve been following Ana for a while, and this is a show worth catching. When Cornell Wedge caught her in Washington DC last year, he had this...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sugar-gold-at-the-bootleg-theater/feed/ 0 Preview: Ana Tijoux & Nocando @ The Bootleg Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-ana-tijoux-nocando-the-bootleg-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-ana-tijoux-nocando-the-bootleg-theater/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0000 Ana Tijoux will be playing LA’s Bootleg Theater on February 12 with Nocando. We’ve been following Ana for a while, and this is a show worth catching. When Cornell Wedge caught her in Washington DC last year, he had this to say about her: The headline performer was Ana Tijoux, and she carried herself as

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  1. Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I...
  2. Agent Ribbons at Bootleg Theater: Songs, patty cake, and a stolen guitar Becoming a fan of Agent Ribbons is like an invitation down the proverbial rabbit hole: you have no idea how deep you’re going to get involved after that first tentative step. I was at first intrigued by their genre-defying album...
  3. Grouplove Plays FREE Residency at LA’s Bootleg Theater January 3, 10, 17 If Grouplove isn’t a band you’re familiar with now, chances are you will be come 2011. Although the LA-based quintet’s self-titled debut EP has not even been released yet (it comes out January 25!), the five-piece that met during a...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/preview-ana-tijoux-nocando-the-bootleg-theater/feed/ 0 Agent Ribbons at Bootleg Theater: Songs, patty cake, and a stolen guitar http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/agent-ribbons-at-bootleg-theater-songs-patty-cake-and-a-stolen-guitar/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/agent-ribbons-at-bootleg-theater-songs-patty-cake-and-a-stolen-guitar/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:00:00 +0000 Becoming a fan of Agent Ribbons is like an invitation down the proverbial rabbit hole: you have no idea how deep you’re going to get involved after that first tentative step. I was at first intrigued by their genre-defying album Chateau Crone, becoming more interested after talking about the album and the band with lead

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  1. Natalie of Agent Ribbons talks tours, songwriting, and getting banned from the UK Agent Ribbons is a two- and sometimes three-piece all female band that defies categorization with the style and flair of true artists.  They’ve been described by themselves and others as garage, cabaret, baroque pop, and vaudevillian punk, but none of...
  2. Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I...
  3. Quick Change Artists El Ten Eleven and Sister Crayon at The Bootleg I caught El Ten Eleven back in Denton last winter, and I was amazed at how two people could create such a pleasant racket. I wondered: how can they walk around with all of that inside them? Are they constantly...
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  1. Fol Chen and Sister Crayon Light Up The Echo Last night, The Echo was for lovers. Couples held hands, sat in each other’s laps, and held each other up as they swayed to a melee of electronic and live sounds coming from the stage. It was the last night...
  2. Tonight: Rare Grooves at The Smell in LA Rare Grooves plays a guerrilla show at the Irvine Post Office. Tonight, Tuesday May 4th, Rare Grooves will be playing at The Smell in Los Angeles with Daniel Francis Doyle. Rare Grooves is the new, punk/garage rock effort of guitarist/vocalist...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/fol_chen_and_sister_crayon_light_up_the_echo/feed/ 0 Aqualung @ The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, with Krista Polvere http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/aqualung-the-bootleg-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/aqualung-the-bootleg-theater/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:56:14 +0000 I went backstage at the Aqualung show, and everyone touched my nuts. Monday’s show at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles gave me a tiny taste of what it’s like to be on the road for a national tour. I arrived at about 5:30, and my good friend, Ehren Ebbage, who is on board for

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  1. Ehren Ebbage interviews Krista Polvere for BlueComet.TV   Our friend and former Artist in Residence, Ehren Ebbage, will be playing next week with Krista Polvere, opening for Aqualung at the Bootleg Theater in LA. He agreed to interview Krista before the big show, and here it is...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/aqualung-the-bootleg-theater/feed/ 0 Ehren Ebbage interviews Krista Polvere for BlueComet.TV http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/ehren-ebbage-interviews-krista-polvere-for-bluecomettv/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/ehren-ebbage-interviews-krista-polvere-for-bluecomettv/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:16:19 +0000   Our friend and former Artist in Residence, Ehren Ebbage, will be playing next week with Krista Polvere, opening for Aqualung at the Bootleg Theater in LA. He agreed to interview Krista before the big show, and here it is for you… Krista Polvere has done well for herself over the past few years; she

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