Thursday 08.16.07: MIDNIGHT MOVIES @ Echoplex

Midnight Movies || Listen

“The music that supports Olivier has a Velvety quality to it as well, with simple (but powerful) tribal drumming ala Mo Tucker, walls of noisy guitar, and easy but indelible melodies. Just as the music of the VU was always informed by (and inseparable from) New York, Midnight Movies is all about Los Angeles. From the name of the band—those Hollywood cult classics played on late-night TV—to the fact that it records for a label founded to release movie soundtracks (New Line) to the overall feel of the music, you couldn’t imagine Midnight Movies hailing from anywhere else. This is where noir was born, and Lion the Girl has its dark, mysterious and foreboding atmosphere. One could easily imagine Olivier and her mates scoring any David Lynch film. Or walking off the street into a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard and seeing the band, in any decade from the 1960s to the present.” - Popmatters

with:

Irving || Listen
The Architects
Gore Gore Girls || Listen

@ The Echoplex
(Beneath the Echo)
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Main Entrance is Through the Alley

8pm / FREE / 21+