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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]

Revisiting The Love Me Nots

Last time I wrote about The Love Me Nots I had yet to see them live, and when I did see them just a week later after that, I fell harder for them than I expected to. They literally blew me away with their performance at the Lava Lounge back in December (I missed their Feb. 2nd show there again ’cause I was seeing the Airborne Toxic Event), I had no idea what I was in for, but The Love Me Nots delivered a show that one wouldn’t expect from a band that was less than a year old and had only a handful of shows under their belt.

I picked up a copy of the album “The Love Me Nots In Back & White” that night on both CD and vinyl and it has remained a staple in my weekly listening routine to this date. Songs like Move In Tight, Keep Talking, Come On Over, and Alley are excuted so well, that any notion of this band being a niche band should be tossed right out the window. At this point the band is hitting mostly genre specific clubs and events in the garage/trash/mod scene, but I believe that this band has a real opportunity to cross over, and I’m not alone here as they have been getting more and more praise from around country and across the pond.

This weekend marks the 4th time The Love Me Nots will be gracing Los Angeles with their presence, with shows in Long Beach and Los Angeles. On February 16th, Friday night, the band will hit Que Sera for Club Strychnine with The Red Hearts, and Crystal Antlers. Que Sera is typically a goth/punk club and should provide an interesting experience for checking out the band, it will be my first time there if I don’t check The Graykid there tonight. Then on Saturday, February 17th, The Love Me Nots will be playing Safari Sams for the Tigermask Trash Au Go Go with Shaun Kama & The Kings of the Wild Frontier, and The Lords of Altamont. This would be my pick of the two shows to goto (if you can’t make both) as Safari Sams is an excellent venue with great sound, unfortunately I will be at a wedding that night, so I will be at the Long Beach show tomorrow night.

Check out the …This Week podcast for a track from The Love Me Nots and a track from The Lords Of Altamont.

Also The Love Me Not have made their album available digitally in the US, head over to their MySpace to download it, you will be pumped. I promise.