Quarantine Online Sets: Version 31

Six at Six on The Satellite's Instagram Live hosted by The 6*6*60s had straight six days of music. That's a lot of 6s.

Speed of Light started the sets off on Monday. Since they're siblings the whole band was together to put on their acoustic set. One has to fast forward to the end of the set where drummer Tyler decided to pat Riley on the head. She decided it was time to chase him around the stage with her guitar and then give him some playful kicks.

Speed of Light

On Tuesday, Leandra from Graves and the Bad Weather did a solo set with some scratchy hard rock vocals tuned to an acoustic set.

Graves and the Bad Weather

Nicole Kiki Jaffe took the stage on Wednesday. Perhaps her set was the closest to her true sound due to her singer-songwriter background. I swear that everyone of her six songs was hit out of the park. In fact, every song should be a hit radio song.

Nicole Kiki Jaffe

Jason from The Birth Defects went on Thursday. He mentioned up front that his songs were his own and not The Birth Defects' music. His own music had a southern blues style to it. One could see listening to this music in a smoke filled bar.

The Birth Defects

On Friday, Well Hung Heart got on the stage with the married duo part of the band. It started off with Brian (The 6*6*60s) having this strange dream that The Satellite was being turned into a restaurant. Unfortunately, that is a true statement. You could see glimpses of how their stage show is via how their body movements played off each other.

Well Hung Hearts

Closing everything out on Saturday was Mike Crain of various bands such as Dead Cross and Cunts. There was some great short conversations that took place throughout the set such as Mike saying he'd hung out at The Satellite in his early twenties, but that wasn't that long ago since he was only 23. (For those who don't know, he is not 23.) He was asked about the bands he was in and he jokingly named dropped the fact that his band The festival of the dead deer included the drummer from Slayer. There was also the moment where he highlighted that his whole set list was, "Fuck It All."

Mike Crain

Quick Hit Band Interview: Graves and the Bad Weather

Graves and the Bad Weather at Wild Riot Summer Sessions

Interview with the band. Enjoy:

How would you describe your sound? Ever evolving rock. We are often described as “Janis Joplin meets The Black Keys”.

How do you believe the band has progressed over time? We love experimenting with new songs and vibes. The more we play and write the tighter our sound becomes.

Own Interesting facts: vocals and lead guitar are a married couple as well as band mates.

Wild Riot Summer Sessions One

The Wild Riot Summer Sessions was an outdoor event along Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. It was a hot one, weather-wise. Like so hot I am surprised there weren't some heat exhaustion problems -- though I did see some folks packing themselves in ice. Yet, under the oppressive heat, there was some awesome music.

Playing as I arrived at the Wild Riot Summer Sessions was JEMS. They are a female music trio that plays with a backing band. They have that sweet sounding western sound that reminds you of other Los Angeles based bands such as Dear Lemon Trees and The Wild Reeds.

JEMS

Ariel Beesley changed things up with her pop sounds. She came up on stage with a red hair bow as well as red lips and fingers nails. This model/singer brings a fun personality to her set. And there was a ball of energy that wasn't wilted by the summer heat. Put all that together and it got the audience into her set.

Ariel Beesley

Martin Dovali changed things up again with his rap jams. He took full advantage of the area that was provided him, leaping from one side of the area to the next. He also got some audience participation when he got three individuals to joint him in some dance moves as well as getting the crowd to shout back at him. He also gave me the middle finger.

Martin Dovali

Sikemor is a fronted by three siblings. They bring dreamy pop sounds with vocals that work so wonderfully together. One takes lead vocals and then another comes in and adds to the symphonic sound.

Sikemor

Graves and the Bad Weather brought the good old rock music to the Summer Sessions. No fashion statement other than jeans and t-shirts (or no t-shirts). The music was loud and the vocals were vicious. And one child was scared crazy by the band. Ha ha. A family was hanging out with their daughter. The guitarist did a little gig for the girl who then freaked out and ran away. She ran, funny enough, right to a total stranger. The parents were laughing.

Graves and the Bad Weather

Flames of Durga closed out the night for me. I've been wanting to catch this band for close to a year. I missed their Wild Riot set during Echo Park Rising. The band is fronted by twin sisters who have a sound that fits perfectly on the Sunset Strip. They brought the screaming vocals and acrobatic moves.

Flames of Durga