To all my fellow Los Angelinos, as you may or may not know, the avant-pop outfit Gardens & Villa will be playing at The Satellite THIS Saturday, October 15th. The Santa Barbara-based quintet makes music similar in mood to its locale—chill, relaxed, and stone-y—making the band’s self-titled July debut on Secretly Canadian a perfect fit
Gardens & Villa is the project of five college friends from Santa Barbara, formed following the collapse of a noisier post-punk band and a hitchhiking journey up the west coast. Members Chris Lynch, Adam Rasmussen, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop began playing in earnest as Gardens & Villa in 2008. The band recently recorded their 10-song,