Trentalange:
I missed Trentalange on Wednesday because I was at home deciding if really wanted to go out, but upon analyzing my 300+ channels of digital cable tv and realizing it was all crap, I decided I had no excuse not to go. And man, did I want a cocktail...
You can read my review of Trentalange from Sunday's performance here. It seemed that there were a lot of people there specifically to see Rodney and people were gushing about the performance outside the bar between bands.
The Hot Toddies:
As evidenced by the photos, The Hot Toddies are a 4 piece all girl band outta Oakland. They have sweet melodies and lots of two part harmonies while they sing snarky jokey songs about vaginas and motor scooters and pirates. I thought they were cute albeit more of a novelty act. Francine said, "I don't like them. And you can quote me on that." It was hard to tell if the crowd was into it because people were having full on loud conversations. This is why I could never be in a band. I would just be like "fuck you then" and walk offstage. Or like a teacher calling out a student talking in class, "Is there something you'd like to share with all of us??" It's terribly rude but maybe I'm just hypersensitive to it. Anyhow, the girls finished off their set and had a ton of merch to sell but I felt it was too many choices, to be honest. I like choices, but SEVEN different shirts is a lot.
I met Jessica outside and she told me that this is their second tour. Last time in San Diego they played "that country sounding" named place...oh yeah, the Whistle Stop. I asked the ages of the girls because they looked so young. 2 of them are 23, and two of them are 25. I'm turning into one of those 30 year olds that tells everyone they're "babies" even if I'm only like 2 years older. She was very proud of their "marshmallow" van which was a huge eggshell colored van with a camper top. They are on Asian Man records, a DIY label out of San Jose. I don't know what it is about this band, but I could see them getting big time indie nation love. Scenesters love their indie chicks.
The Fascination:
Last up were The Fascination. I don't know anything about this band except that they are Erica Jessup's (Beauty Bar) favorite band according to her interview for SignOn as a tastemaker. To be honest, I wasn't really into their sound. The British singer does a little too much pushing with his voice. I did really like the fact that they played danceable electronic sounding music without computers or synthesizers. The drummer created the effect with his cymbals and it was pretty cool to me. They had a pretty decent sized group digging their stuff and the local scene was representing...I saw guys from Jezebel, Swim Party, and Down With Leo. Adam from Rookie Card was there recruiting people for Friday's Trivia night at the Sports Club.
The Fascination is playing at the Ken Club this month, so maybe on a weekend when I'm a little more loaded and less uptight, I'll probably be more into their whole sound. They are also playing in support of the Modlins CD Release at The Whistle Stop on Feb 16 along with Swim Party.
I went to the bathroom and heard people chanting, "Take it off! Take it off!"
Here is the result of that chanting:
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