Gabby from Smoke Season has created a solo project called
BIIANCO. I got to catch her set at School Night and it was a thrill. I wasn't the only one thrilled by the set. Throughout the 30 minutes, people were screaming out: Gabby! Gabby! Gabby! As her backing instruments, she had a keyboard and electronic drum set. Occasionally, she'd play both at the same time. Those electronic sounds was layered with controlled vocals that floated just above the beats. Adding to it all were Gabby's artsy dance moves and visuals on a large screen TV.
She was joined on stage by MetronOhm's Annabelle on violin for a song and Tolliver on vocals for another.
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| BIIANCO |
Opening the night was
Jesse Ruben with a singer-songwriter set. He mentioned how he had to take 3 years off from performing and writing due to Lyme disease. After taking so much time off from performing and writing, he was thrilled when he returned to writing, "I still got it." He also joked about how the other three performers all got to say this was their Los Angeles debut. Unfortunately for him, he had once performed at Hotel Cafe and didn't qualify for that label.
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| Jesse Ruben |
La Force came on stage next. La Force is Ariel Engle of Broken Social Scene. She was back by her husband. From what I can tell from social media, Broken Social Scene tore it up for 3 days at the Fonda starting a couple days after this set. On this night, she brought some indie pop sounds to the School Night audience. She sprinkled in short comments such as when she told her mother she was pregnant, her mother responded, "You'll never be alone again."
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| La Force |
MADI closed out the night. Her set started a few minutes late as her drummer was dealing with technical difficulties. During those times, I couldn't help but notice the amusing side eyes she gave the sound guy as he attempted to figure out what the issue was. After it got worked out, she closed the night out with some grooving dance sounds.
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| MADI |
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