http://buzzbands.la/2009/05/29/album-reviews-olin-and-the-moon-downtownunion/ Kevin Bronson on the music scene in Los Angeles and beyond Tue, 22 May 2012 01:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://buzzbands.la/2009/05/29/album-reviews-olin-and-the-moon-downtownunion/comment-page-1/#comment-7873 Buzz Bands LA today at 3 on Moheak.com, with special guest David LaBrel of Olin & the Moon Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:47:13 +0000 http://buzzbands.la/?p=5152#comment-7873 [...] “Footsteps,” due on Tuesday. To celebrate the release of the follow-up to 2009′s “Terrible Town,” they’re doing a Tuesday residency at the Echo this month. Today on the Buzz Bands LA show on [...] [...] “Footsteps,” due on Tuesday. To celebrate the release of the follow-up to 2009′s “Terrible Town,” they’re doing a Tuesday residency at the Echo this month. Today on the Buzz Bands LA show on [...]

]]> http://buzzbands.la/2009/05/29/album-reviews-olin-and-the-moon-downtownunion/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 the echo and echoplex » Tuesday 01.26.10: OLIN AND THE MOON @ echo Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:32:32 +0000 http://buzzbands.la/?p=5152#comment-3703 [...] Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands [...] [...] Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands [...]

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