Website: BeatCrave
Monday, February 22, 2010 7:22PM - By Carl Pocket
BeatCrave presented a show with our friends over at I Promote Good Bands on Friday night at The Echoplex with Radars to the Sky as headliners and The Hectors, Rademacher, and One Trick Pony for an awesome lineup. As some of the bands in Los Angeles who have been making music for years, the night was filled with some fantastic sets and guest appearances. For those of you who missed out because of rain or Broken …

Radio Free Silver Lake
By Seamus Simpson
Last Friday I ventured out in the rain to see Radars to the Sky headline what seemed on paper to be a good show. I was wondering if the weather would get in the way or if people would brave the rain to see some good old-fashioned indie rock. To my surprise the kids did come.Radars_Callie_20
I walked in on the tail end of a great set by The Hectors. This seems to be the story of my life when connected to The Hectors. I always …

Last Saturday, One Trick Pony played a show at The Hotel Cafe. (well, technically since it was after midnight it was on Sunday, but since they were on Saturday’s bill, we’ll just leave it at that) The first time I had heard of One Trick Pony was when one of their songs “Loose Talk” was covered by Death To Anders at Radio Free Silverlake’s “Undercovered” show last year. The next month I only caught some of their set at the first of (with The …

“Full of Life” on the Staff Picks at Radio Free Silverlake! Check out the full list here.

We’ve been lucky enough to be on the list at Classical Geek Theatre for Best LA Local Recordings of 2009, plus ‘Phonebook’ made their list for Top 15 Songs of the year. See the partial article below, or see the full list of bands at the link here. Great list!
One Trick Pony - Full of Life - Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful voice, beautiful lyrics, beautiful instrumentation. If I put it on it instantly changes my mood.
My Top 15 Songs From Los Angeles-Based Bands in 2009
1. Silversun Pickups - “The Royal We”
2. …