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Tuesday April 5 2016
 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• ALL AGES
$15
Matthew Logan Vasquez
   
of Delta Spirit

www.paradigmagency.com/divisions/artist/index/2838
 psych-folk-rock
Reverend Baron
soundcloud.com/reverendbaron
 alternative folk
Dustin Lovelis
www.facebook.com/dustinlovelismusic/
 fine-tuned pop


Matthew Logan Vasquez
Maththew Logan Vasquez
-from Brooklyn, NY/Austin, TX

-2015 (The Year of The Ram) has been a year of major change for Matthew Logan Vasquez. He moved with his wife, Marthe, from Brooklyn to Austin, he saw the birth of his first child Thor, and after a decade since founding his critically acclaimed band, Delta Spirit, he’s finally decided to go it alone FOR THE FIRST TIME, with his solo debut, The Austin EP, to be released November, 2015 , and a full length LP, Solicitor Returns, to shortly follow in early 2016. This sea- change is reflected on the EP’s stunning psych-folk-rock opener, a ballsy 18-minute track (yes EIGHTEEN minutes) that conjures desert visions of Crazy Horse guitar solos, David Crosby’s mustache, and all the good things about a journey through the past on mescaline. Matt actually grew up in Austin (and Dana Point, CA too) and the song is a slice of his life--an autobiography that isn’t even close to being finished-- an epic American saga that reflects his skill as a remarkable modern songwriter still on the rise. If Richard Linklater could write a song, this would be it.
"Matt’s voice and words have that Nashville outcast vibe to it,” says Jay Sweet, producer of the Newport Folk Festival and a longtime champion of Matt’s music. “He’s not California, he’s not Texas, he’s not Brooklyn—even though he’s lived in all of those places. He’s a transplant and a vagabond, which is why he embodies folk and rock music. For a singer- songwriter, he is truly refreshing."
Matt went solo for simple reasons-- to return to the style of rock he loves. And when he went solo he REALLY went solo. He plays every instrument on the record, except for two drum tracks and one guitar track. Delta Spirit undoubtedly will be back but he wanted to make a collection of music without the influence of his beloved brethren (it's only natural for a frontman to feel the need to let loose from time to time). You will hear his new material and you will hear Iggy Pop. Neil Young. Kurt Cobain. Gram Parsons. But ultimately, you're hearing Matthew Logan Vasquez. A man young at heart, who loves the shit out of rock music... loves it so much that it's been his life's goal to make the masses reconnect with her spirit. But he's become a father, and he's been through some shit. His dad was a bomb builder. Fact.
At the end of the day, Matt’s objective as a singer, a poet, a preacher, a believer in this beautiful bullshit we call “RocknRoll,” is to find some harmony through life’s confusion and to make you feel good about yourself. He'll be spreading his message via his wonderful songs starting in the fall of 2015. You better go put your dimes in his collection basket. Are there better things you can be doin with those dimes?



Reverend Baron
Danny Garcia
-from Southern, CA

-Danny Garcia nosegrinded into the Southern California skateboarding scene during the late ’90s, quickly making appearances in professional videos and earning sponsorships from big names like Quiksilver, Habitat and Reflex.

Now the local favorite nicknamed DGar has added another, more musical moniker: Reverend Baron. “It is fun to have a name, to have a different personality,” he explains.

In this case, it’s the identity of a project the Fullerton resident has been working on in the studio for the last year and a half. Contrary to the tag’s religious undertones, his music takes on darker folk qualities, with dreamy melodies supporting tales of broken love and everyday hardships.



Dustin Lovelis
Dustin Lovelis, Eli Thompson, Frank Lenz, Brian Andrews, Justin Ivey, and friends....
-from Long Beach, CA

-"Dustin Lovelis’ songwriting chops and ’60s and ’70s pop sensibilities shone on the two albums and an EP released by the Long Beach quintet he fronted, the Fling. Last year, burned out from touring and, Lovelis says, “curtain business aspects of music,” The Fling went on hiatus. Lovelis, though, kept writing, eventually producing enough demos to share with producer Elijah Thomson, the bassist for Everest who has worked on records by the likes of Delta Spirit, Richard Swift and Ivan & Alyosha. With composer/session man Frank Lenz manning the drums, they convened at Elliott Smith’s former home, New Monkey Studios, and two days later they had “Dimensions,” Lovelis’ forthcoming full-length. The album places Lovelis squarely in the parade of vintage-sounding guitarsmiths such as White Fence and Smith Westerns, staring down tumult from within and without with beatific melodies and ascendant choruses. Lovely." -Kevin Bronson, BuzzBands L.A.