Tonight, LA band Dirt Dress will headline the second night of the KSPC Residency at The Press Restuarant !

In the fall, Americana DJ Karen discovered their unique sound through a show at The Smell, read more about it below!

DIRT DRESS = NEW FIND

[Raymond (drums), Jose (bass, rhythm guitar), and Noah (vox, lead guitar) energetically coax the audience to dance while they wear aprons?]
I got my first taste of this promising band when I decided to venture out of Lame Town Suburbia, CA. Occupants: Me and my friend Sandra. We decided to hit up The Smell after I had looked at this past Friday’s line up. I browsed the various myspaces of the bands that were to play instead of practicing guitar and learning to read music. Why do musicians make it look so simple to just jam out? Anyway, after finding a sweet parking spot near the almost hidden shady alley we walked in hoping we had not missed the few bands I was excited to see, which we had not. To my slight disappointment most of the bands were self-fulfilling prophecies in the sense that they sounded a lot better in their recorded material as opposed to a live setting. I found this odd in this group of bands because many had implied that they adhered to the DIY garage school of theology, making The Smell the perfect place to showcase their music. *Buzzer* Wrong answer. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. ¡A los leones! (See the sabado gigante chacal here if you feel so inclined to.)

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Tune in tonight at 7PM for an in-studio and interview with LA-based band Moses Campbell! They’ll be playing some tunes, letting us know what they’ve been up to recently, and helping DJ Fleshsweat give out a pair of tickets to this weekend’s Silverlake Jubilee! (they’re playing Sunday).

If you still haven’t made plans for your Saturday night, you might want to check out the merriment and mad music goin’ on at the Smell:

San Francisco’s Death Sentence: Panda!, Foot Village, the Urxed and the otherworldly Auto Da Fe!