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Amanda Jo Williams photos from Psychedelic Night at the Echo

Daiana — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:30:33 +0000

Amanda Jo Williams and band on Psychedelic Night of her monthlong residency at the Echo.

The above photos are by Daiana Feuer.

Amanda Jo Williams then invited the Driftwood Singers and Daiana Feuer to sing “Good Luck Future,” a song from their recent video, Playdate Good Luck Future. Erica Forneret grabbed the camera and shot photos of them on stage.

Insect Surfers photos from Psychedelic Night at the Echo

Daiana — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:52:11 +0000

Insect Surfers unleashed a storm of psychedelic surf cowboy music upon the unsuspecting audience at the Echo on April 18, 2011, without singing a word.

These photos are by Daiana Feuer.

Jeffertitti’s Nile photos from Psychedelic Night at the Echo

Daiana — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:54:13 +0000

Jeffertitti’s Nile brought their own projectionist who surrounded the band in a sea of blue and green shapes. April 18, 2011. This was on Psychedelic Night of the Amanda Jo Williams residency at the Echo that we curated.

These photos are by Daiana Feuer.

Glass Goblins photos from Psychedelic Night at the Echo

Daiana — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:16:36 +0000

Glass Goblins played last on Psychedelic Night of the Amanda Jo Williams residency at the Echo in Los Angeles. April 18, 2011. Glass Goblins is AJW guitarist 5-Track’s band. He has enlisted Alex Manslansky on bass and had his guitar and drummer fly in from out of town for this special occasion.

These photos are by Daiana Feuer.

Desert Weekend photos courtesy of Echo Country Outpost

Daiana — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:38:16 +0000

The Echo Country Outpost’s Chris and Erica came out for the Desert Weekend, Feb 26-27, 2011. Here are their photos of Tommy Santee Klaws, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, and Amanda Jo Williams at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace on Saturday night and of Driftwood Singers and Mia Doi Todd from Joshua Tree Saloon at brunch on Sunday.

Photos from Rock Night of Amanda Jo Williams Residency

Daiana — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:26:05 +0000

On Rock Night of the Amanda Jo Williams residency, the bands let their dark sides shine like beacons of hope.

John Carpentar began the night with intensity and broke a sweat.

Simon Stokes made the crowd feel good by cursing proudly. He’s got a legend around him that more people should know.

The rock night theme was in full effect now and it was time to see Amanda Jo Williams flow naturally after these two groups of men in dark rocked and rolled and conjured ghosts. She’s got her own ghosts, actually she said she heard angels singing along with her during this set, followed by a ringing in her ears for the next few days.

At this point, my camera took a ride home with someone else…so this is the only image of Feeding People that was captured. They made a great end to rock night that sent people looking for trouble in the streets.

photos by Daiana Feuer

Photos from RT N’ The 44′s record release show

Daiana — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:40:39 +0000

RT N’ The 44′s photo by Daniel Giberson

The chili was hot and the biscuits were sinful at RT N’ The 44′s record release show, April 1, 2011. Tequila soaked lemons made happy April fools of everyone. The Echo Country Outpost is one of our favorite places. Chris Hajek and Erica Forneret are great hosts that make everyone feel like they’re in a bohemian version of Cheers. It’s that kind of familiarity that makes the Outpost special. And the audience keeps growing! If this keeps up, they’ll have to move to a farm in order to fit all these party animals.

“pour one more stiff drink for me” photo by Daniel Giberson

Echo Country Outpost crowd photo by Echo Country Outpost

RT asked Bloody Death Skull to kick off the night, so at 8 pm, Bloody Death Skull played a song about washing in lamb’s blood, another about whisky, one about bats, and a love song to a prostitute that the audience found sweet.

Bloody Death Skull photos by Chris Hajek

Next came Jenny Luna and wow, was she something! This young singer just received a jazz scholarship award from Pasadena City College, and she somehow creates a vocal effect in her mouth that makes her voice sound like it’s floating off an old record.

Jenny Luna photo by Daniel Giberson

Jenny Luna photo by Chris Hajek

Then, Outpost regulars Sundays Soundtrack relaxed the audience into romantic dreams, all roses and pearls.

Sundays Soundtrack photos by Chris Hajek

RT N’ The 44′s got the room on its feet, stomping and hooting, as the band played its entire new album of down with the devil sing-alongs. RT N’ The 44′s makes the people dance.

RT N’ The 44s photo by Daniel Giberson

RT N’ The 44s photo by Erica Forneret

RT N’ The 44s photo by Chris Hajek

At the end of the evening, the trio was joined by a few fellow members of supergroup Eastside Hayride to play some old time classics. Tonight it was Olentangy John, Matt Taylor, and Lizzie Eggert, but when the collective plays the Echo on April 11 for Amanda Jo Williams’ residency, they will pack the stage with even more members from local bands that are down with the Eastside.

Eastside Hayride photo by Erica Forneret

Eastside Hayride photo by Daniel Giberson

This was also the first event of The New LA Folk Fest’s monthlong fundraiser for Japan tsunami relief and people were super generous. Thanks for that. We’d also like to give a shoutout to RT’s new babies…his goats just gave birth. This is Waylon.

Waylon photo by RT Valine

2011 SXSW Day Party with Trailer Fire records

James — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:15:14 +0000

Photos & recap from the Tommy Santee Klaws record release show by Daiana Feuer

Daiana — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:32:21 +0000

The New Los Angeles Folk Festival proudly presented the record release show for Rakes at Historical Monument 157 on November 20, 2010. It was a cold night, a full moon. The backyard was closed because of rain fears so the show moved indoors. The living room quickly crowded with people, spiked cider, and chili. Folks didn’t want to miss Amanda Jo Williams, who kicked things off in her horse-bitten peach princess dress, with Olentangy John guest-appearing on banjo. She interrupted her rollicking set of alien-transmitted love songs to wish Tommy “Happy Birthday doo doo doo to youuuuu” via her self-penned Happy Birthday song. Next came El Dorado, which is Avi of Avi Buffalo, solo and experimental. He improvised adorable strangeness, exploring his vocal range from sweet, tender high to low, opera monster. He had a suitcase of effects pedals that wouldn’t open, so he pulled all his inner weirdness out with just a touch reverb. The place was packed at this point so we moved outside to the front porch for Tommy Santee Klaws. They were loud, crackling, and magical. Rakes is a beautiful album. It’s the little things that move you when you see the songs live. For instance, when Tommy shouts the word “pull” or “God-damned” more emphatically during “Ooh Ooh Ooh” and butterflies just fly out of his mouth like bats. Or watching Donna rhythmically drop a giant metal chain on the old wood porch to add percussion. She bends down and picks it up again and again, as if she is reaching down for the outstretched hands of the weak and woeful. Lyrics about broken, dragging body parts and other melancholy imagery feel transcendent and uplifting when this family band looks to the sky and howls. Did I mention the full moon tonight? Back inside, Soko banged a drum and reminded us that boys can be terrible creatures with her simple, direct way of using the word “shits” instead of “shit,” as in, “I feel like shits” or “He treats me like shits.” The part about a guy that’s all about free love but treats his woman bad (like “shits”) elicited many nods of agreement from other dabblers in bohemia who’ve been burned by freedom. After being washed and sullied and purified and licking our wounds, The Petrojvic Blasting Co. brought out the Balkan dance party with all sorts of shiny brass. There were people everywhere, hanging off the stairwells, covering every inch of the HM157 compound, eating cupcakes with faces, and they were all quite different from each other (both the pastries and the peoples). This is what we like to see. We like to show people weird, wonderful music in a place and memory they’ll try to describe at the water cooler on Monday to peers who devoted 5 hours of their lives to Harry Potter this weekend.

HM157 woke up early Sunday morning and wrote us a sweet note. They described the Rakes release show as a “fantastic memory” we’ve added to the pages of L.A. freak folk history. We think they mean it was awesome and could feel the warm buzzy glow of extraordinary going on. We’d like to thank them back because they provide the place where the fantasy part of “fantastic” feels at home.

Amanda Jo Williams

El Dorado (Avi Buffalo)

Tommy Santee Klaws

Soko

The Petrojvic Blasting Co.

Photos of James, Daiana, and the audience in chairs at Murder Ballads by Charles Mallison

Daiana — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:44:32 +0000

Photos of James Cartwright and Daiana Feuer, organizers of The New Los Angeles Folk Festival, and the audience in chairs at the Echoplex for the Murder Ballads event. October 26, 2010. By Charles Mallison