The Donna
Last night I went to the Team Dresch show at Spaceland and saw Jenny Shimizu walk in. I thought, "Wow, cool! I want to say hi, but she probably doesn't remember me." A while later, someone taps me on the shoulder and it's her. Imagine that: a room full of women who love women, and she says hi to ME! I totally felt like a rock star (even though she basically wanted me to say hi to Eric).
But enough name dropping and back to the show. We arrived during Traeh--heart spelled backwards. The local group played a tough, hard-rocking set with plenty of melody, and you could tell they were stoked to be opening for legends. A great start.
The support was Longstocking. I used to see this band play Jabberjaw now and then, I have its K Records/IPU single, and this was a one-off reunion. The group opened with a bang and ending with a statement. Or a dozen. The rhythm section rocked out a hypnotic, extended instrumental intro while the singer and guest singer from the Sharp Ease pulled out Fruit-of-the-Loom T-shirts, wrote messages on them, and tossed them into the crowd. Abandon gender. Abandon fear. Abandon cars. It was pretty rad. They were way better than I remembered them to be.
The headliners were playing L.A. for the first time in 10 years, and they were amazing. Donna Dresch had freshly bleached hair and shredded so hard I thought she was Brian Baker for a second. My favorite songs have always been the ones where Kaia sings so Donna and Jody can concentrate on rocking out, and those were the best last night, too. (The more melodic, layered songs seemed to get lost in the mix...) Those who couldn't hang until the end missed out.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, go out and get Team Dresch's Personal Best.
But enough name dropping and back to the show. We arrived during Traeh--heart spelled backwards. The local group played a tough, hard-rocking set with plenty of melody, and you could tell they were stoked to be opening for legends. A great start.
The support was Longstocking. I used to see this band play Jabberjaw now and then, I have its K Records/IPU single, and this was a one-off reunion. The group opened with a bang and ending with a statement. Or a dozen. The rhythm section rocked out a hypnotic, extended instrumental intro while the singer and guest singer from the Sharp Ease pulled out Fruit-of-the-Loom T-shirts, wrote messages on them, and tossed them into the crowd. Abandon gender. Abandon fear. Abandon cars. It was pretty rad. They were way better than I remembered them to be.
The headliners were playing L.A. for the first time in 10 years, and they were amazing. Donna Dresch had freshly bleached hair and shredded so hard I thought she was Brian Baker for a second. My favorite songs have always been the ones where Kaia sings so Donna and Jody can concentrate on rocking out, and those were the best last night, too. (The more melodic, layered songs seemed to get lost in the mix...) Those who couldn't hang until the end missed out.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, go out and get Team Dresch's Personal Best.
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