travis' fran healy and sea wolf's alex brown church @ the culture collide block party 10.10.10

ps it was near the end to the block party. took myself for a run over to the echo park methodist church for a listen to fran healy and alex brown church acoustic sets.
healy's decade-plus career with the venerable scottish quartet travis charted numerous singles; "sing," "why does It always rain on me?," and "driftwood" to name a few. we were lucky enough to hear healy sing ''writing to reach you", "sing", "dear diary", "driftwood" and new solo songs "buttercups", "sing me to sleep", "as It comes" this evening. he released his debut solo album,
wreckorder, in 2010 with contributions from paul mccartney, neko case and tom hobden from noah and the whale. healy is an amusing, chatty, sweet lad. many words spoken before, between and ending his songs, complete with story telling and jokes. healy swore frequently in church without a second thought. at one point he stopped a song to shout out, "shut the fuck up! fucking hipsters! i'm from glasgow. don't mess with the 'wegies!" standing ovation at the end! why can't church mass be like this every week?

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sea wolf is a folk rock-indie band led by alex brown church based in los angeles, ca. church played an acoustic set to end the evening. this was my 2nd time seeing him live. alex with his deep lyrics that swoon with gentle reflection, introspection and sentimental thoughts echoed throughout the church. sea wolf's last album "leaves in the river" was released in 2009.

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sea wolf ~ wicked blood


sea wolf ~ you're a wolf

jenny and johnny at the culture collide block party 10.10.10

ps indie rock couple, jenny lewis and johnathan rice, are the ridiculously adorable members of jenny and johnny. over the past five years they have worked on each other's solo albums and joined each other on tours. finally they released an album together called 'i'm having fun.' she’s a little bit country and he’s a little bit rock and roll. together they make something that sounds a little like both. the sound of the album is a very classic duet sort of thing. (hmmm... possibly using the 50's and 60's for inspiration.)
this show had their mishaps with sound, broken pedals, blown amps and a girl fight in front of the stage, but jenny gracefully laughed it off with charm. they still delivered through all of the technical difficulties and sounded great. all in all i can say that this show was much fun and i look forward to seeing them live again!

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hear me share their tunes on http://blip.fm/CreepingElm

cass mccombs at the culture collide block party in echo park 10.10.10

cass mccombs is an indie/folk singer-song writer. he is little folky and a little country bringing twists to his songs musically or lyrically. with that being said, he elevates his music into something unique. this california native revealed plans to release his
new album, 'wit's end,' on april 12, 2011.

wit’s end tracklist:
1. county line
2. the lonely doll
3. buried alive
4. saturday song
5. memory’s stain
6. hermit’s cave
7. pleasant shadow song
8. a knock upon the door

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http://hypem.com/#!/search/cass+mccombs (listen)

hear me share his tunes on http://blip.fm/CreepingElm