PLaNETS
Alpha Beta, The Janks, Family
Thu, January 10, 2013
8:00 pm
Troubadour$5.00
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This event is all ages
http://www.troubadour.com/event/191627/
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PLaNETS - (Set time: 10:00 PM)
The unique live experience of a P L a N E T S show is like witnessing some kind of eerie post-modern garage rock opera. Featuring vibey immersive atmospheres with dancers, actors and shadow puppetry coming at you from all directions in cahoots with the music--this is not your every day bar band. Always basing their material around a place, P L a N E T S are releasing their debut album, TheDarkWoods, on October 16, 2012--just in time for Halloween season.
In the fall of 2006, the musical heart of P L a N E T S, filmmaker Adam Stilwell and guitarist Adam Cotton, fatefully crossed paths in Northwestern Montana. In 2009, after writing and playing together for 3 years, the two decided to turn their overflowing well of songs into a massive narrative, based on Stilwell's dark stories and Cotton's bottomless wealth of musical ambition. Within a year’s time, the two-man show grew into a twenty-person production. Friends lent their talents and one by one joined P L a N E T S spawning a one-of-a-kind creative collective.
Inspired by adventurous bands like The Flaming Lips, The Who and Pink Floyd, Disney's early fairytales and televised narrative mysteries such as Twin Peaks, Lost and The Twilight Zone, a P L a N E T S show is a compelling vision of controlled chaos.
In the fall of 2006, the musical heart of P L a N E T S, filmmaker Adam Stilwell and guitarist Adam Cotton, fatefully crossed paths in Northwestern Montana. In 2009, after writing and playing together for 3 years, the two decided to turn their overflowing well of songs into a massive narrative, based on Stilwell's dark stories and Cotton's bottomless wealth of musical ambition. Within a year’s time, the two-man show grew into a twenty-person production. Friends lent their talents and one by one joined P L a N E T S spawning a one-of-a-kind creative collective.
Inspired by adventurous bands like The Flaming Lips, The Who and Pink Floyd, Disney's early fairytales and televised narrative mysteries such as Twin Peaks, Lost and The Twilight Zone, a P L a N E T S show is a compelling vision of controlled chaos.
Alpha Beta - (Set time: 9:15 PM)
Alpha/Beta is a band. We are Brett Anderson (The Donnas, The Stripminers), and Asa Ferry (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti) These songs make us happy so we thought they'd make you happy too.
The Janks - (Set time: 11:00 PM)
The Janks offer a change for rock 'n' roll on their second record 'Hands of Time'. On songs like "Dead Man," and "Billy the Kid," guitars careen and vocals rise and fall seamlessly, while on songs like "Demon Dance", the band sounds like they're playing a house party in Hell. The Janks sound like Pete Townshend going on a bender with Gene Ween, and that's just part of what makes Hands of Time come to
life. The band principals, blood brothers Zachary Zmed [Vocals, Guitar, Keys], and Dylan Zmed [Vocals, Mandolin]—give listeners a front row seat at their "theatre". Zack's reverence for tradition melds with an appreciation that runs the gamut —from The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Mahler, and Queen to Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Radiohead, and Ween. Everything simply sets the stage for Hands Of
Time though.
Dylan says of 'Hands of Time', "It was definitely influenced by
musical theatre. The first half develops the story of a young boy who comes from a broken home, while the second reflects the visceral intensity of growing up from separated roots. At the end, we see there's possibility for change."
Zack capsulizes the record by saying, "It's hard to predict what's going to happen next from song to song. There's a duality to the record that we tried to make clear with two halves, one lighter and one darker. The title track and opening song "Hands Of Time" is a subtle overture which has themes and melodies that are quoted throughout the rest of the record, most notably on "Adolescence",
"Child Prodigy", and "Rat Racers". With the final two songs "When I was a kid" and "Get Outta Town" there was an attempt to create some sense of catharsis. In the end, they're all just a bunch of self serving, bullshit songs though."
Zachary has been working under The Janks name since 2006, and released the debut record 'Delicate Mouthfeels' later that same year which is a collection of twisted folk tales. Since 2007 the group has gone through numerous incarnations until younger brother Dylan joined in
early 2010. In early 2012 The Brothers Zmed began playing with drummer Leon LeDoux and bassist Paul Inder, as well as gearing up for their 3rd record to be. The group has been playing the greater Los Angeles area over the past two years and currently resides near Atwater Village.
life. The band principals, blood brothers Zachary Zmed [Vocals, Guitar, Keys], and Dylan Zmed [Vocals, Mandolin]—give listeners a front row seat at their "theatre". Zack's reverence for tradition melds with an appreciation that runs the gamut —from The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Mahler, and Queen to Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Radiohead, and Ween. Everything simply sets the stage for Hands Of
Time though.
Dylan says of 'Hands of Time', "It was definitely influenced by
musical theatre. The first half develops the story of a young boy who comes from a broken home, while the second reflects the visceral intensity of growing up from separated roots. At the end, we see there's possibility for change."
Zack capsulizes the record by saying, "It's hard to predict what's going to happen next from song to song. There's a duality to the record that we tried to make clear with two halves, one lighter and one darker. The title track and opening song "Hands Of Time" is a subtle overture which has themes and melodies that are quoted throughout the rest of the record, most notably on "Adolescence",
"Child Prodigy", and "Rat Racers". With the final two songs "When I was a kid" and "Get Outta Town" there was an attempt to create some sense of catharsis. In the end, they're all just a bunch of self serving, bullshit songs though."
Zachary has been working under The Janks name since 2006, and released the debut record 'Delicate Mouthfeels' later that same year which is a collection of twisted folk tales. Since 2007 the group has gone through numerous incarnations until younger brother Dylan joined in
early 2010. In early 2012 The Brothers Zmed began playing with drummer Leon LeDoux and bassist Paul Inder, as well as gearing up for their 3rd record to be. The group has been playing the greater Los Angeles area over the past two years and currently resides near Atwater Village.
All lineups and times subject to change