Summer’s over, Dummies. And these 3 shows killed it. Check out the gallery below, featuring snaps from Echo Park Rising, Burger Records’ end-of-the-summer extravaganza BURGER BASH featuring The Garden, Tashaki Miyaki, and Cherry Glazerr at the Warehouse in El Monte, and finally, Body/Head at The Echo.
Photos taken by Kelsey Hart
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- Bridgette Eliza Moody and John Seasons of Haunted Summer fill the Echoplex with songs about bees and past lives at the 3th Annual Echo Park Rising.
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- At the Taix Outdoor stage, kids with tie-dye socks and colored hair moshed and crowd surfed for hours on end.
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- PANGEA, the beachy punk band hailing from CalArts, performed at sunset at the Taix.
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- Attendees continued to surf the crowd in celebration of summer.
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- At Lolipop Records, San Francisco natives The Spyrals shared their deep rock jams to a full house.
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- Bassist Dylan Edrich keeps the low end tight and groovy. The Spyrals’ album “Out of Sight” is out now on Mock Records.
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- The Mystic Braves hosted a day-long barbeque adjacent to Echo Park’s overpass. Burgers for $3 in Los Angeles??
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- With only a few acts left on the Echo Park Rising roster left to play, a crowd continued to party outside the newly re-vamped Lolipop records.
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- Cobi of Buttertones resembles Animal the Muppet as he plays a jungle beat on “Orpheus Under the Influence.”
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- Buttertones are comprised of bassist Sean Redman, percussionist Modeste Cobian, and singer/guitarist Richard Araiza. Their upcoming LP will be released on Lolipop later this year.
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- Drummer Hannah Uribe of Cherry Glazerr grins at guitarist Clem in between songs.
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- Cherry Glazerr’s Clementine Creevy gets into the groove during her track “Grilled Cheese.”
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- Cherry Glazerr finish their set with Teenage Girl after playing to an enthusiastically moshing crowd.
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- Tashaki Miyaki’s Dora Hiller, bassist and vocalist, in one of her many vintage dresses.
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- Lead singer and drummer Paige Stark keeps the beat with simplicity and poise.
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- Tashaki Miyaki’s guitarist, Luke Paquin, adds the scuzzy effect-laden guitar sound to the group.
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- The Garden, comprised of Orange County twins Wyatt and Fletcher Shears, played to an overtly fan-girly crowd at the Warehouse, packing the venue with teenagers who jumped around on stage.
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- A fan catches a glimpse of Fletcher’s airborne drumstick while others decide whether or not to stage dive.
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- Fletcher takes a quick break after a feverish solo.
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- The crowd hoists Wyatt up after an incredibly energetic and angst-filled set.
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- Kim Gordon’s new project Body/Head, featuring guitarist Bill Nace of X.O.4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange, combines drone sounds and experimental rock.
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- Bill jams during “Can’t Help You.”
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- At 60, Gordon plays with the fervor and artistic passion of a rookie, while maintaining the calm expertise of a seasoned performer.
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- Sans bass, Kim experimented heavily with guitar sound, and even played the harmonica layered with reverb and echo.
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- Mostly singing in her classic monotone, some of Ms. Gordon’s new tracks featured powerful roars of defiance in the name of feminism.
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- At times, the set felt more like a performance art piece than a rock gig, with Kim using her guitar as a tool to transmit ethereal sounds, turning herself into a sculptural element of a larger piece. She truly manifested the concept of Body/Head.
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- The extremely dim-lit Echo drew a collective of LA’s most dedicated fans of alternative music, members of the audience struggled to catch a glimpse of the legend herself.
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- Eyes tightly shut, one could tell that Kim was deeply in tune with her new work.
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- Kim used her silver low-cut boots to create some of the drone sounds.
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- Bill Nace plays against the backdrop of a slowly revolving disco ball. Body/Head’s debut LP, “Coming Apart” is available now on Matador.
