The most recent SOUP Kitchen show,
SOUP Kitchen 7
at the Neon Venus Theatre was one of the most successful yet, featuring a wide variety of genres,
from garage punk to Americana to folk to lo-fi drum and bass to
post-modern indie. Bands featured were
Brooke Trout and the Anchormen,
Stoned Koalas,
Push to Transmit, The Big Bad,
Totally Serious,
Bumtech,
and
Shakey Graves, pictured here. Artists featured were
Jeff Klarin,
Rebecca Johnson, Liz Brizzi, and Trisha Hanudel. Filmmaker Thad
Jaworsky featured his films Snowman, The Polack and the Jew, and the
Toaster, which were all huge crowd pleasers. The whole shindig took
place at the Neon Venus Theatre, a new theatre venue that opened up
just fairly recently on Melrose and La Brea.
Brooke Trout and the Anchormen went on first, playing their style of
good ol’ Americana, a little bit country and a little bit rock n’ roll.
Totally Serious brought, I mean really BROUGHT IT with a bass and a
drum set. This two-piece band spanned the genres from metal to punk to
funk to indie and entranced the audience with their complex simplicity.
Stoned Koalas, SOUP Kitchen veterans, came with their brand of garage punk, turned it up to 11, and didn’t let up until their last note.
Bumtech gave the crowd a breather with some relaxed indie that just
felt good to listen to. Push to Transmit brought the energy up and
killed it on their hit “Vampire of Emotion” – if you get a chance to
catch these guys, GO! They’re definitely one of the better bands to
come out of LA in a long, long time. Shakey Graves was next, and held
the audience in the palm of his hand the entire time he was on the Neon
Venus stage. Soulful, angsty, twangy, and clever in the lyrics, I have
a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more of Shakey in the months to come.
The show closed with SOUP Kitchen vets The Big Bad, who always bring
the house down with their loud bluesy rock.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE, and special thanks to Lisette and Peter!! We had a great time, listened to some great music, checked out some great art & films, and raised some funds for the Neon Venus Theatre Non-Profit to help support their theatre programs.
Keep your eye out for upcoming SOUP Kitchens and catch the best bands in LA!
Shakey Graves performing at SKR7
