Back In La La Land + Belle And Sebastian, Tilly and The Wall

FEATURED ARTIST: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN official site myspace [MP3] Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads [MP3] Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day I came back from vacation to find this in my inbox (Yes, I do actually read e-mail occasionally). MEDIA ALERT For the first time ever, the charming indie-pop Scottish group, Belle & Sebastian, performs live with a full orchestra. Also featured are the lush, melodic, and sunny sounds of The Shins. The evening will be hosted by KCRW's Nic Harcourt. Very limited tickets are still available! Check hollywoodbowl.com. Belle and Sebastian will be performing TONIGHT with Los Angeles' Philharmonic Orchestra. My roommate would kill me if I didnt mention that the Phil is conducted by her fellow Finnish spy (I kid. Don't send me hate mail) Esa-Pekka Salonen. To think I was worried about returning to reality and being completely depressed about being back in Los Angeles. Now I get to go live in Dream-Land for at least another night! TILLY & THE WALL [MP3] Tilly & The Wall - Bad Education [MP3] Tilly & The Wall - Rainbows In The Dark Tilly and The Wall are also back in Los Angeles tonight tap-dancing their way into the Troubadour. Their new album, Bottoms of Barrels, has recieved rave reviews all over the blog world. I must agree - IT IS FANTABULOUS. Time permitting I'm going to make it out to this show. I am finally back in La La Land and back at my desk. My inbox is more disasterous than Britney's Dateline interview and I have been rocking Neil Young to keep myself sane. Vacation is over. Now it's back to reality. This may be the music industry but I can't live in dream land forever. I had a lot of fun in New York City hanging out with my dear friends and exploring the city on foot much like I did when I first went 5 years ago. It was a great experience and gave me time to clear my head - which needed a lot of clearing. Check my flickr page for photos out and about in the city, Birdmonster at the Knitting Factory on Saturday, and a New Segment I'm calling "Last Night's Photographer." Ciao My loves. I must get to work. COOL ON THE INTER-NERD: Thursday Covers At IGiF. Devandra covers Lauren Hill, Honestly what could be better than that. Dodge and a few other blogs have Bishop Allen's June track up. Go download that shizzle now. Apparently I look like the 5 Yr old Boy from Superman Returns according to Ben at Blogging.la. Read the expose here. Photos of Birdmonster's Sin-e show in NYC. You can also see photos here and here. Yes, I read this. and Yes, I saw this. Stop emailing me. I've been sent this 10000000000 times. My only response to all of this: Who the hell still reads Pitchfork? I don't. TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: Belle & Sebastian with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Shins @ Hollywood Bowl - $15 Tilly & The Wall, Now It's Overhead, Jason Anderson @ Troubadour - $12 Big City Rock @ El Rey Theatre Evil Beaver, Becky @ Club Spaceland The Greyboy Allstars @ Avalon Hollywood Dengue Fever, Kennedy @ Tangier - $10 The Brokedown, Fielding, Great Northern, 1940 @ The Echo (FREE!) The High Strung, The Binges, Ill Lit @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 JAX - The Rock Insider