Flying Lotus
'Flying Lotus,' led by 'FlyLo,' the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane, will combine mind-bending beats into a riveting aural tapestry on the Low End Theory Stage at 10:20 p.m.
Electronica, rock, acoustic, jazz, Latin, zydeco and beyond—the Eagle Rock Music Festival is our community’s marquee celebration, an occasion for musicians to perform at diverse venues along Colorado Boulevard, including auto shops, formal stages, even a motel balcony.
Here are our four top picks:
Different Strains of Coltrane
Among the Festival’s featured performers are Flying Lotus, the experimental producer/laptop musician referred to affectionately as "FlyLo" by fans and critics. Born Steven Ellison, the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane infuses kaleidoscopic textures and mind-bending beats into a riveting aural tapestry. Flying Lotus will perform on the Low End Theory Stage at 10:20 p.m.
Queen of Cosmic Melodies
Mia Doi Todd (see photo above) is no stranger to our community, having appeared in concert at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock. She was featured this summer at the Hollywood Bowl for Global Soul, on a bill that included Stevie Wonder, Sharon Jones and Janelle Monáe. With her latest release Cosmic Ocean Ship, the singer/songwriter expands on her recorded legacy of gorgeous melodies and sensual song craft. Mia Doi Todd will appear on the Global Future Roots Stage at 6:15 p.m.
Sounds and Ideas
The neo-psychedelic collective Shadow Shadow Shade unveils a cinematic approach to their music, revealed in intricate arrangements reflective of British pomp-rock, cross-pollinated with an indie sensibility. Fronted by an opera-schooled lead vocalist Claire McKeown, the band’s opulent musicality projects dense, majestic arrangements, hypnotic grooves and epic complexity. Shadow Shadow Shade will perform on The Ship Stage at 10 p.m.
Barrio Power—Unleashed
“Blazing,” “blistering” and “bombastic” are adjectives that characterize the uncompromising artistry of garage punkers Barrio Tiger. The band is inked to Pat Todd's Rankoutsider Records, which earlier this year released its 12" 45 EP Laugh Now, Cry Later, recorded with Manny Nieto. “Punk rock with beer-soaked intensity,” is one apt description of this bold, uncompromising Los Angeles-based aggregation.
* Here are our tips for family-friendly venues and fest-adjacent options for food-and-fun.
* And here are further tips for moms, dads and kids on finding their groove at the festival.
* Here’s the entertainment line-up:
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Interview Eagle Rock Music Festival
On the cover of Feeding People's debut LP, a lifeless pink lady with blue nipples is sprawled out over a three-eyed rainbow-colored lion and a blue devil with blood spilling out of its mouth over a row of tiny jagged teeth.
Heavily psychedelic and incredibly strange, there's something about this painting that's just not of this world, which also describes the music produced by these kids from Orange County, who play this Saturday at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.
Feeding People founders Jessie Jones and Nic Rachman met at the Cornerstone Church in Anaheim -- "Christian, evangelical, and evil!" as they describe it -- where they played in the Sunday School band before Rachman got kicked out of his grandparents' house for getting a pot ticket and having a bad attitude.
Six years later, they linked up again and hit the OC coffee house circuit with bassist Louis Filliger, organist Jane Riech, and drummer/artist Mike Reinhart, whom Rachman met chasing wild chickens all over Yorba Linda. Now they play hard and dark psychedelia -- informed by a deep love of Black Sabbath, acid revelations, and brushes with the devil -- for Highland Parks' Innovative Leisure label, home to Nick Waterhouse, Hanni El Khatib, and Freddie Gibbs.
The band's first recordings were produced by Chris Alfaro of Free the Robots, and earned Feeding People a rare opportunity to perform at Low End Theory with Thom Yorke. They were written for acoustic, but recorded on electric by Reinhart in a single take in his parents' tiny walk-in closet. "It was really hot, and we could barely fit the band in there," Reinhart said. "We pretty much duct taped everything where it needed to be." Ten gritty tracks from this session made it onto their first LP, released two weeks ago on Burger Records.
On album opener "Native," nineteen-year-old lead singer Jones channels Grace Slick at her most primal. She growls, "When I sing my native tongue it sounds like the Devil is dancing over me." But it's bassist Filliger who's got the most experience with demons. He describes one particularly haunting encounter to me after Feeding People's record release show at the Continental Room a few weeks ago.
Heavily psychedelic and incredibly strange, there's something about this painting that's just not of this world, which also describes the music produced by these kids from Orange County, who play this Saturday at the Eagle Rock Music Festival.
Feeding People founders Jessie Jones and Nic Rachman met at the Cornerstone Church in Anaheim -- "Christian, evangelical, and evil!" as they describe it -- where they played in the Sunday School band before Rachman got kicked out of his grandparents' house for getting a pot ticket and having a bad attitude.
Six years later, they linked up again and hit the OC coffee house circuit with bassist Louis Filliger, organist Jane Riech, and drummer/artist Mike Reinhart, whom Rachman met chasing wild chickens all over Yorba Linda. Now they play hard and dark psychedelia -- informed by a deep love of Black Sabbath, acid revelations, and brushes with the devil -- for Highland Parks' Innovative Leisure label, home to Nick Waterhouse, Hanni El Khatib, and Freddie Gibbs.
The band's first recordings were produced by Chris Alfaro of Free the Robots, and earned Feeding People a rare opportunity to perform at Low End Theory with Thom Yorke. They were written for acoustic, but recorded on electric by Reinhart in a single take in his parents' tiny walk-in closet. "It was really hot, and we could barely fit the band in there," Reinhart said. "We pretty much duct taped everything where it needed to be." Ten gritty tracks from this session made it onto their first LP, released two weeks ago on Burger Records.
On album opener "Native," nineteen-year-old lead singer Jones channels Grace Slick at her most primal. She growls, "When I sing my native tongue it sounds like the Devil is dancing over me." But it's bassist Filliger who's got the most experience with demons. He describes one particularly haunting encounter to me after Feeding People's record release show at the Continental Room a few weeks ago.
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