Deap Vally unleash a full-on assault at The Chapel

November 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Deap VallyBy Mike Rosati //

Deap Vally with Shana Falana //
The Chapel – San Francisco
November 12th, 2018 //

LA indie-rock duo Deap Vally assaulted Bay Area fans at The Chapel with their grungy riffs and garage-heavy sound last Monday.

Lindsey Troy (guitar, vocals) and Julie Edwards (drums, vocals) played songs from both of their albums — 2013’s Sistrionix and 2006’s Femejism — as well as two new ones that they released this year. Toward the end of the set, someone dressed as a dinosaur joined them onstage for “Bring It On”, their latest track to get the music video treatment, with friends, family and military veterans filling the room.

Serving as support were New York-based shoegaze band Shana Falana. The two-piece have two studio LPs to their name, both on the indie label Team Love co-founded by Bright Eyes leader Conor Oberst, and are currently touring the U.S. through early December.

Setlist:
Baby I Call Hell
Bad for My Body
Little Baby Beauty Queen
Get Gone
Smile More
Heart Is an Animal
Walk of Shame
Teenage Queen
Gonna Make
Critic
Bring It On
End of the World

Encore:
Grunge Bond
Royal Jelly

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RÜFÜS DU SOL are on top of the music world after selling out three straight shows at Shrine Expo Hall

November 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment

RÜFÜS DU SOLBy Lindsay Alamillo //

RÜFÜS DU SOL //
Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles
November 1st, 2018 //

RÜFÜS DU SOL came through LA a week ago for three sold-out nights at the Shrine Expo Hall. We have caught the Australian alt-dance trio before in both LA (read our review here) and San Francisco (read our review here) while on tour in support of their 2016 LP Bloom, and fresh off the release of their third album Solace last month, they came out in full force and opened with “Eyes” from their newest studio effort.

From there, it was a lovely wave of old and new with a surprising cover of Portishead’s “Glory Box” thrown right in the middle. RÜFÜS played all the favorites, from “Treat You Better” and “You Were Right” to “Underwater” and “Innerbloom” before breaking for a two-song encore. We couldn’t help but dance during the show as everyone who packed the room seemed to be in great spirits throughout the night.

Setlist:
Eyes
Like an Animal
New Sky
Brighter
Sundream
Treat You Better
Glory Box (Portishead cover)
Say a Prayer for Me
Solace
All I’ve Got
You Were Right
Underwater
Innerbloom

Encore:
Lost in My Mind
No Place

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