The Echo & Echoplex (Venue Partner)
Echo - 1822 Sunset Blvd
Echoplex - Enter at 1154 Glendale Blvd
213.413.8200
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Rain Machine
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Friday Sep 25, 2009 (8:30pm)
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- Price
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$16 Advance, $18 Day of Show
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“Kyp Malone's anticipated solo project Rain Machine is more experimental than anything his band TV on the Radio have put out. It's an album that is personal and raw; it's Malone at his most exposed. Gone is the sonic fuzz, leaving space for more melodic instrumentation and allowing more focus on his lyrical content. Lush, Astral Weeks-eqsue orchestration, stripped-down, bluesy acoustic guitar/banjo strums, tribal drum beats, and soulful gospel breakdowns are all tied together by Malone's soulful croak.
Note: Check out Flavorwire's exclusive interview with Malone.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
Rain Machine || Listen
Kyp Malone has always been a grand provocateur, singing, "I wanna love you all the way / I wanna break your back," on last year's "Lover's Day" (from TV on the Radio's Dear Science). So to hear Malone, with his new solo project, moaning that "it's no burnt-cork affair" on the six-and-half-minute "Smiling Black Faces" is to hear him at his most comfortable. Rain Machine doesn't have TVOTR's Berlin Wall of Sound might, but it's still an accomplished work. Quadruple-tracked vocals on the quavering "Hold You Holy" and the bone-shaking pop jangle of "Give Blood" make this the best side gig since Jack White rediscovered the drums. - Spin
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