The Tail played a stripped down set with just Ted and Maiana. It would have been nice to see Ted playing an acoustic to change things up a little and although he laid off the usual pedals for the most part, his style was the same as with the full band. As a result the songs sounded a little fragmented and empty...
I don't think ExDetectives were at their best but fortunately Alex held things together (quite literally at one point when there were a few problems with the bass cutting out...) I enjoyed the two new songs I'd heard last week at Tribal Cafe - particularly the one with keyboards. 'Golden' also sounded good as did the other songs from their forthcoming EP such as usual favorites 'Won't Stop' and 'Closing Bell'...
The Rhone Occupation were again excellent. They do sound like Radiohead but isn't that better than being like Coldplay (aka Sgt Paltrow's Lonely Hearts Club Band...) OK, so there may be 100 bands in Silverlake that sound like Radiohead but you'd find it hard finding a better one than The Rhone Occupation. Someone commented they sounded like U2 without Bono (thank god!) and I'd take this as a compliment unless they were referring to the dreadful new single they played at The Grammy's.
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Rhone Occupation is badass!
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