Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE: LA Edition– your source for the best shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live band. For the month of February we will be featuring LA shows!
Draag is a shoegaze band from Sylmar, California who create stream-of-consciousness film noir landscape music that is performed at eardrum melting volumes. Starting as the solo project of Adrian Acosta (originally a mariachi singer), the lineup was filled out by seasoned underground musicians Jessica Huang, Nick Kelley, Ray Montes, and Shane Graham, who have influences ranging from no wave to experimental jazz and classical music. Last month they released a music video for their track “Ghost Leak,” and are currently doing a free month-long Monday night residency at The Echo and Echoplex in support of their new EP Clara Luz. The second installment of this residency will be presented by Pretty But Wicked on 2/10 with Orchin, Gold Cage, Sprain, and DJ Bloome at The Echoplex. We chatted with Draag about how they create their live sound, what body of water their music would swim in, and their favorite LA traffic listening.
AF: What are your favorite guitar pedals and/or any other piece of gear that’s important to your live sound?
Orange amps, Sunn amps, Strymon, Earthquaker Devices, Nunez Amplification, Hologram Electronics, Moog, Roland, Korg, Boss, Dave Smith Electronics, Fender, Gibson – without delving too deep into each individual gadget of ours. One secret weapon we can reveal is the Digetech Pds 100 Digital Sampler.
AF: What are your favorite LA bands to play with?
Vinyl Williams, Goon, Ceramiks, The Shaking Hands, Alms, Shaki Tavi, Sam Wilkes, Sprain
AF: What body of water would your music like to swim in?
Tigris and Euphrates
AF: If you were to create a new score any horror, sci-fi fi or cult classic movie that already exists, which would it be?
Rosemary’s Baby, Hereditary, and Street Trash.
AF: What’s your favorite record to listen to while stuck in traffic?
Jessica: My Bloody Valentine B-sides
Ray: Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
Adrian: J Dilla’s Donuts
Nick: Carpathian Forest – Fuck You All
Shane: Ulrika Spacek’s https://open.spotify.com/album/4P5B6hMF3QavOLvYPfvqRQ?si=IFr-6Yp3TWewGUozk1jfyg
RSVP HERE for Draag, Orchin, Gold Cage, Sprain, and DJ Bloome @ Echoplex on 2/10, as well as for the rest of their February Echo Residency shows. 21+ / Free
More great shows this week:
2/7 Spellling, Ana Roxanne, Maral @ El Cid. 18 + / $12 RSVP HERE
2/7 Cosmo Gold @ Permanent Records Roadhouse. RSVP HERE
2/9 together PANGEA, Tropa Magica, Reckling @ La Santa. All Ages / $15 RSVP HERE
2/9 Ley Line, Malena Cadiz @ Bootleg Theater. $10 RSVP HERE
2/9 Midnight Sister, Bambina, Banny Grove, Eyeshadow @ Moroccan Lounge. 21+ / $8 RSVP HERE
2/10 Takako Minekawa and Dustin Wong @ Permanent Records Roadhouse. All Ages / $5 RSVP HERE
2/11 Cup (Nels Cline and Yuka C Honda) @ Zebulon. 21+ / $20 RSVP HERE
2/13 Moaning (Dr. Martens Present) @ Moon Room. 21 + / Free RSVP HERE
