Notes from Vivace Show Alerts (Los Angeles): Apr 6th - Apr 12th

A Handful of Show Alerts

Tuesday, Apr 8th: Bruvvy at Good Times at Davey Wayne's. Doors at 10 p.m.

Wrote a Song Spotlight for their song "Concealer" that you can read here.

Tuesday, Apr 8th: Gustaf at Zebulon. Doors at 8 p.m.

Shot the band back in 2019 for Buzzbands. You can read my review here.

Tuesday, Apr 8th: Mo Dotti and My Veronica at Gold-Diggers. Doors at 7 p.m.

I covered Mo Dotti's 2024 set for US Rocker Music. You can read that here. I listed My Veronica as one of my favorite new bands of 2024. You can read that post here.

Wednesday, Apr 9th: Ryan Hahn & The Believers at Harvard & Stone. Set time at 11 p.m.

One of the first bands I saw when venues re-opened. You can read about my night here.

Thursday, Apr 10th: Lael Neale at Zebulon. Doors at 8 p.m.
An album release show.

Thursday, Apr 10th: Smooth Jas at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Doors at 6 p.m.

Covered a 2022 Happy Sundays Long Beach set for Buzzbands. You can read my review here.

Thursday, Apr 10th: The Spyrals at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Doors at 9 p.m.

Wrote a review of their 2024 album release show that you can read here.

Friday, Apr 11th: Essenger at The Echoplex. Doors at 7 p.m.

Wrote a Song Spotlight for his song "After Dark" that you can read here.

Friday, Apr 11th: Primitive Ring at Permanent Records Roadhouse. Doors at 9 p.m.

They opened up for The Spyrals' 2024 album release show discussed above.

NFV Song Spotlight: Alice Sandahl's Walk It Off

I first came across Alice Sandahl at the Sage Brews stage at Echo Park Rising last year. I only caught a song or two. For those who don't know, I rush around Echo Park Rising like a wild man, shooting as many bands and artists as possible. I don't particularly remember a whole lot about her singing, but I do remember one thing specifically. There were three children hanging out next to the outdoor stage. Prior to her set, they had their hands and ears pressed against the stage monitors, feeling the vibrations of the DJ music. I almost went over to them and told them that putting their ears next to the monitors would damage their hearing, but then I didn't want to be the old person who basically was lecturing kids when their parents were only a few feet away. 

Alice Sandahl at Permanent Records Roadhouse

NFV Song Spotlight: The Morning Yells' These Days

BIG NOTE: The band announced a farewell show for April 5th at the Cinema Bar. See additional details here.

Phil Stancil of The Morning Yells recently played a set at Harvard & Stone. Though he was playing a solo set, he was still playing songs from The Morning Yells catalog. The set started off with "Hummingbird." That song hasn't been officially released, but there is a Youtube video that you can view here that was filmed in Mount Washington last year. It is a song not about a living hummingbird, but a Gibson Hummingbird guitar. It caught my attention at the Americana West Fest that I covered for US Rocker Music that you can read about here. "Oh sweet Hummingbird where are you now . . . once I held you safe in my arms . . . searched every pawn shop . . . Oh sweet Hummingbird, wherever you go, you know . . . your songs will stay with me forever and never grow old."

Phil Stancil of The Morning Yells at Harvard & Stone

NFV Song Spotlight: Meels' Falcon and the Loon

Take a teaspoon of Arrow De Wilde and give it an Americana twist and Meels emerges. Meels is the moniker for Amelia Einhorn who recently played a WFNM night at Bar Lubitsch. Einhorn is from Mill Valley and a recent graduate from NYU. Based on the Bar Lubitsch performance, I'd say that the Los Angeles Americana-country music scene is lucky that she decided to unpack her bags in the city and nto Nashville. 

Meels at Bar Lubitsch