I know I write about these doods every week. But seriously if LA would put out something decent besides them I would write about that. My good friends HEALTH are on tour all across the US. Probably the best live band on the West Coast. If you need a reason to go just watch the videos below. Plus John needs some loving from some nice White Women. Currently he is running low on love. Apparently they don’t love Asian men in the UK.

Here are the tour dates kids enjoy!

Denver, Colorado. Rhinoceropolis
w/ Crime Novels
09.28 Fri

Lincoln, Nebraska. Pile of Kevins
w/ Crime Novels, Mother Pile, Gloves
09.29 Sat

East Moline, Illinois. Mixtapes
w/ Crime Novels
09.30 Sun

St. Paul, Minnesota. Big Vs
w/ Crime Novels
10.01 Mon

Bloomington, Indiana. Uncle Festers
w/ Crime Novels
10.02 Tue

Madison, Wisconsin. King Club
w/ Crime Novels, Screaming Cyn Cyn and the Pons
10.03 Wed

Chicago, Illinois. Reggies Live
w/ crime novels
10.04 Thu

Oberlin, Ohio. Oberlin College
w/ Crime Novels, Dan Deacon
10.05 Fri

Toronto, Ontario. Sneaky Dee’s
w/ Yip Yip
10.06 Sat

Montreal, Quebec. Pop Montreal (Panache/Lovepump Showcase)
w/ Aids Wolf, Aa, Yip Yip
10.07 Sun

Rochester, New York. Bug Jar
w/ Yip Yip, Crime Novels
10.08 Mon

Poughkeepsie, New York. Vassar College
w/ Aa, Crime Novels
10.09 Tue

Middletown, Connecticut. Wesleyan College
w/ Yip Yip, Crime Novels
10.11 Thu

Burlington, Vermont. 242 Main
w/ Crime Novels, YIP YIP
10.12 Fri

Boston, Massachusetts. Obrien’s Pub
w/ Yip Yip, The Mall
10.13 Sat

Providence, Rhode Island. May N Kevin 4 Eva
w/ Yip Yip, Triangle Forrest, The Mall
10.14 Sun

Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Mainstage Club
w/ Yip Yip, The Mall
10.16 Tue

Purchase, New York. Suny Purchase
w/ Aa, Yip Yip, Crime Novels
10.17 Wed

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Bard College
w/ Apes, Crime Novels
10.18 Thu

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Danger Danger Gallery
w/ Yip Yip, Crime Novels
10.19 Fri

New York, New York. Knitting Factory (Panache/Lovepump/Skin Graft/Blueghost) CMJ Showcase
w/ Ruins, Aa, DMBQ, The Mall, Shellshag, Pre, Yip Yip, Old Time Relijun, Aids Wolf, Final Flu
10.21 Sun

Baltimore, Maryland. The Depot
w/ Yip Yip, The Mall
10.22 Mon

Washington, DC. Civilian Arts Project
w/ Pre, Yip Yip, Crime Novels
10.23 Tue

Charlottesville, Virginia. Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative Gallery Space
w/ Crime Novels
10.24 Wed

Charleston, South Carolina. Tin Roof
w/ Crime Novels, Circle Takes the Square, Thank God
10.25 Thu

Savannah, Georgia. The Sentient Bean
w/ Crime Novels
10.26 Fri

Atlanta, Georgia. Lenny’s Bar
w/ Crime Novels
10.27 Sat

Birmingham, Alabama. Bottletree
w/ Crime Novels
10.29 Mon

Houston, Texas. Proletariat
w/ Crime Novels
10.30 Tue

Austin, Texas. Emos
w/ Daniel Francis Doyle, Crime Novels
10.31 Wed

Denton, Texas. Eighth Continent
w/ Daniel Francis Doyle, Crime Novels
11.01 Thu

Lubbock, Texas. Bash Riprocks
w/ Crime Novels
11.02 Fri

Tucson, Arizona. The Living Room
11.03 Sat

Los Angeles, California. The Smell
w/ Crime Novels

Enjoy!

HEALTH-Myspace
HEALTH-Girl Attorney

So remember that post where I was bashing shoegaze bands from LA. Heres one that is pretty good. They sent me their new EP, Sometimes They Collide, gave it a listen and was quite surprised. The Hectors have all the shoegaze elements correct, except the vocals which are recorded in a pop manor which could be good or bad. For me personally I really wanted to here some dreamy shoegaze vocals but you can’t always get what you want. I do enjoy the powerful instrumentals. Anyway, they are worth checking out. They are playing a FREE show tomorrow in Hollywood, so if you are in the area come on down!

The Hectors-Proof For Sale

Myspace
Official Band Website

So I saw The Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and Wild Light last night. Here is the summary of the concert in one paragraph. The Arcade Fire: AWESOME except the Napoleon Dynamite look alike wasn’t rocking the glasses. They live up to all the hype and deserve every bit of credibility people give them. LCD Soundsystem was way better than expected. What a solid band. James Murphy can hit those notes live too. The only thing about them, that could be good or bad, is that Asian Synth player. Damn it’s so hard to keep a straight face and keep from breaking down in tears laughing when she is doing backing vocals in North American Scum and dancing on stage. It kind of ruins the coolness of the band. Look at this video below and you can see what I am talking about.

Ok now on to Wild Light. For every great band that creates an awesome style of music, there are 518975827346587 bad ones who try and imitate. This is the worst of the worst. Imagine a super corny Christian Xmas album that tried to sound like The Arcade Fire, but no one could harmonize or play their instruments live. I personally feel I should have been paid money to sit through such an awful thing. I feel robbed of my dignity having shown up at 7 to see them. Anyway check them out they all have myspaces:

The Arcade Fire-Myspace
LCD Soundsystem-Myspace
Wild Light-Myspace