Before Friday night’s show at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Bar, I had never heard of Ha Ha Tonka. I had never heard the name. I had never heard the music. Hell, I didn’t even know the namesake was a state park in southern Missouri. The Springfield, Missouri-based quartet headlined the show, and to be quite honest,
SXSW is getting closer! As their web site says: ‘The list of invited acts is growing by each day’. The list is already huge and they’re still adding bands. There’s a lot of new faces (Bruce Springsteen notwithstanding – but Yay Bruce). They already booked BestNewBands.com favorites Grace Potter + The Nocturnals (shown above), Letting
Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett Who: Dan Deacon w/ So Percussion Where: Le Poisson Rouge, NYC When: Monday, August 1st at 7pm Cost: $15 Age Restrictions: All Ages *** Picked By: Laurel Kathleen Who: Active Child/Letting Up Despite Great Faults Where: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA When: Monday, August 1st, doors open at 8:30pm Cost: FREE Age
Interview with Matt and Mike of Letting Up Despite Great Faults Letting Up Despite Great Faults is the musical brainchild of Mike Lee, a project that he describes as both inspired by and steeped in nostalgia. Upon listening, it’s hard not hear the often bittersweet reverie or the connection to the Blonde Redhead song that