Online Quarantine Sets: Version 98

I am slowly approaching 100 of these online quarantine set reports. Let's hope I stop at or around 100. As can be seen via my recent quarantine reports, my favorite 2021 hangout is School Night. This past Monday night, Cannons opened it up with a, "Hey we're Cannons." Then they went into their set, starting out with some distorted sounds before settling into their dreamy pop music. Their guitar and bass playing has a haunting hypnotic tone. Their set was recorded at The Bourbon Room, which they mentioned was supposed to be the set for the Rock of Ages play. The play was shut down due to the start of COVID-19. The Bourbon Room had the red lights flooding the stage -- such anti-photographer light.

Cannons

Up next was the band Gilligan Moss. My first thought was: this is going to be interesting. They recorded their set out in nature (someone's back yard, maybe). There was a bird feeder above the band, hanging from a tree branch. One wore a fisherman's hat. They played on a rug while sitting on two wooden chairs. My second thought was: this is a real artsy sound. Then to make it even more interesting, a couple dogs came over and then ran off and then came back into view again. Their music reminded me of Mickey Hart's (drummer for the Grateful Dead) solo work.

Gilligan Moss

Valentina Cy closed it out with a true live set. She had a most enthusiastic personality as she talked to host Chris Douridas. Then when she started to sing I (along with many others in the chat) were blown away, "Where did that voice come from?" There was a blues quality to her voice with a light touch on the guitar. For one song, she had a friend snapping their fingers off stage to keep the beat. 

What did I notice: she wore red / white boots that had a cowboy circus quality to them.

What did I notice next: She mentioned during her Q&A that people used to think she had a chipmunk high voice and that she worked hard to lower her voice. This sort of explains why many of us were saying, "Where did the voice come from?"

Valentina Cy

From The Hi Hat to The Satellite: Party Nails, Cannons, Greg Felden and more

There was some good music that hit the Los Angeles music scene a couple weeks back.

Over at The Hi Hat, Party Nails and Cannons closed out their west coast tour. Opening was Somme who just happens to be Party Nails' roommate. I had actually come across Somme in April at The Satellite. Her pop tunes got the night started off on the right foot.

Somme

Cannons came up next. This was my first time seeing Cannons though I happened to hear about the band back in 2017 when some photographers I know caught their Echo Park Rising set. They had their fans out on this night as The Hi Hat filled up nicely for their set. To me, their music had a low key type dance quality to it. I got a Twin Peaks vibe from this band.

Cannons

Like, Somme, this was my second time catching Party Nails. This band brought the dance party to the 11 p.m. hour. I half figured that lead singer, Elana, worked off more calories than I do in a week. She was in constant motion and during that whole time she never had to catch her breath.

A couple days later it was off to The Echo to catch some Grand Old Echo bands. Greg Felden opened up the late afternoon with his Americana tunes. It was also his Made of Strings LP release party.

Greg Felden

Sons of the Southwest came on next. Actually, the band gave part of their time to their lead singer's father who played a couple songs. It was cool seeing a father and son playing the same show.

Sons of the Southwest

It was Game of Thrones night, but I had to stick around for part of the Jessie Williams and Coyote set. I happened to catch one of their sets in 2018 at The Hi Hat. Also, Jessie Williams in in The Lonely Wild. I'm not sure if The Lonely Wild is still active, but they're a band I first came across years ago and have caught their sets a number of times. If they're not active, it is great seeing Jessie Williams continue on her own.

Jessie Williams and Coyote

Jason Hawk Harris happened to be playing between sets out on the patio. I got to pop in and out to catch his country western vocals.

Jason Hawk Harris