![]() Even now from a wider distance and on a bigger stage, singer and keyboardist, Bardo Martinez and what seems like a clear awareness of his burgeoning stardom steps aside when it’s time for guitarist Carlos Arevalo to unsheathe his buttery tones and licks on a performance and on the very songs themselves. itself and that burgeoning garage rock scene that was happening in the middle of the last decade. They struck me immediately as embodying everything that is good about music in L.A. Hustle At SXSW 2016: Bands Labels, Promoters & Publications I’ve seen Chicano Batman a handful of times since I first met and spoke with them at SXSW in 2016 before their seminole release of Freedom Is Free in 2017 and during their rally run with Bernie Sanders. But two years between albums and tour is too much for a band that overflows with creativity and mastery and that doesn’t have a weak link among them. Besides, Crumb are still riding the buzz from their eponymous debut EP Locket (2017) and debut album Jinx (2019). Luckily for them and us all, live music is back again. related content: Silver Lake Perris: Desert Daze 2019Ĭrumb released their second, full length album, Ice Melt, on April 30th, 2021 and may or may not have discovered that promoting a new album at the tail end of pandemic lockdown, without a tour, is not a winning formula for creating a buzz. Luckily, I get to see Crumb again this weekend at Desert Daze 2021. I had a lot of expectations for this band’s live show and with personal highlights like “Ghostride”, “Locket” and “Part III”, the addition of new and as of yet unfamiliar songs to the setlist were as delightful as not getting to hear “M.R.” was disappointing. Still, the soothing vocal vibrations of guitarist and lead singer, Lila Ramani dancing with synth, keys and saxophone taming stylings of Bri Aronow are intertwined into the fabric of space and time and of course, the rest of the band. To understate Gilad’s precision, meter and chops in any mention of this band is a criminal offense in some edge lord circles. Drummer Jonathan Gilad and battery mate, back up vocalist and bass player extraordinaire, Jesse Brotter locked in immediately. ![]() The rather large, robot pinwheels adorning the backdrop of the stage inhaled our CO2 and exhaled a slow breath of fractal light that illuminated the band’s path to their instruments. ![]() I was inside and well placed while the changeover crew set Crumb up for an immortal tour stop in the City of Angels. I wasn’t there to see it for myself but I heard Mauri Tapia of Los Retros broke a guitar string and with no back up, he made the best of it with his wurlitzer tone on keys and classic retro rock croons-manship. A classic gorge fest of immaculate songwriting meets prodigious musicianship and the line to get through security was still around the block by the time Los Retros took the stage. It was a case of one of the best bands in indie music opening for one of the best bands in indie music. related content: Texis Or Treats: Sleigh Bells At Teragram Ballroom Chicano Batman I have to be honest, after opening band Crumb finished their set, I thought I was going to make the word count in this review tilt toward the psych-rock outfit from New York but silly rabbit, Chicano Batman reign supreme in L.A. Chicano Batman must’ve hit such an intense crescendo on their current tour when they reached the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov 10th to play night 1 of 2 sold out dates for their proud, gushing home town crowd.
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