LOLIPOP ADVENTURE TOUR
Froth at Respectable Street | Credit Steev
In a sea of independent record labels pimping new rock bands, Los Angeles-based Lolipop Records is quickly on its way to heavy-hitter status. At a mere four years old, the label is responsible for a disarmingly solid catalog of vintage-twinged garage, psych, and punk records, all produced by artists with the sonic clout to hang with any of the big acts currently championing the garage/psych resurgence. Want to be ahead of the game? Want to make your hip friends vibing out to Mikal Cronin records feel mainstream? Then you’d do well to pay attention to what Lolipop is putting out.
How exactly does one get acquainted with a relatively obscure label from the other side of the country’s output? Well, the internet. However, Lolipop is going to do you one better by putting some of its charges on the road and sending them all the way to South Florida to perform. So, for those of you still bitching about the lack of rad touring shows South Floridians enjoy, or simply looking for some exciting new (old style) sounds, it’s time to look alive, because the Lolipop Adventure Tour 2014 is quickly approaching our shores.
The tour, which could use a bit of financial help via this Indiegogo fundraiser, will bring Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel, Corners, Froth, and Wyatt Blair to South Florida.
FLORIDA DATES
While some of you may be familiar with Froth’s brand of floating psychedelia from the band’s trek through the 561 down to the 305 this past May, the band was sadly missing its omnichordist, though they will hopefully have that element intact for this jaunt.
The other groups on the tour represent all that is good in the new wave of retro-rock: Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel’s 2013 release, Nico and her Psychedelic Subconscious, is an absolute lo-fidelity masterpiece of thumping drums, transistor organ, and tripped-out vocals that would give any graduate of ‘69 a flashback. Corner’s long player, Beyond Way, is another gem that sparkles through a hazy production aesthetic like a bit of Native American jewelry in the sun amidst a desert wandering peyote-fueled soul search. Wyatt Blair’s music sounds like what might have happened if Marc Bolan fronted the New York Dolls. Why would you miss out on any of that? Because you’re a stick in the mud, that’s why.
The tour enters South Florida’s balmy embrace with a PureHoney co-presents a date scheduled at West Palm Beach’s Respectable Street Cafe’ on September 13 and another round a few counties south at Radio-Active Records/Gramps on the 14. This is your opportunity to finally be that guy/girl that can say you saw these bands when they were small when they blast off in a few years! RSVP
~ David Von Bader
