Out of Town The Rentals’ L.A. Residency
posted by on May 30 at 14:29 PM
Matt Sharp’s post-Weezer synth-pop supergroup, the Rentals, have announced a monthlong Saturday-night residency at L.A.’s Spaceland. The dates are July 7, 14, 21, and 28. The band are currently at work on their long-awaited follow-up to 1999’s criminally underrated Seven More Minutes.
It's kinda like when Jewel did a coffeehouse loop between Vancouver-Seattle-Portland for a month in '95. Courtesy the flood of mail coming into Tullycraft HQ, I was able to get a promo glossy signed by her:
"Hey Guys, Thanks for the Drugs!"
The old Puss Puss Cafe (now Manray) was yodelin up a storm that night. "Stephenville, TX" off her latest has great lyrics, including a line about cleavage.
The Spaceland's residency is fantastic -- if you're in LA it's totally worth checking out. And on Monday the residency shows are FREEEEE! A great way to start the week. (The Rentals are on Saturdays, though.) Where are our free Monday shows in Seattle?
seven more minutes is kinda bad. then again i love weezer's green album. return of the rentals however is wonderful and the "friends of p." b-side "so soon" is even better.
no maya rudolph?
Hopefully the Rentals will regain some of their early spark and prevent Matt Sharp from ever releasing another painfully emo solo effort.
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