Ship Collective

Everest

Everest is your next favourite Los Angeles Super Group, consisting of members from other luminary acts such as the Watson Twins, Alaska!, Earlimart, Great Northern, John Vanderslice, and Folk Implosion. Working within the framework of the Ship Collective they’ve quietly been building a following of fans during their time playing together. Their sound is reminiscent of folkier rock acts like Wilco or Calexico, and takes about 5 seconds to get into.

Neil Young has listed them in his top 8 acts, and recently signed them to his label Vapor Records. They’re polishing off their first release, a 3 song 45 titled Ghost Notes, at Elliott Smith’s old haunt the New Monkey studio in Van Nuys, California alongside producer Mike Terry (Foo Fighters). They’re also touring lightly and should pick up steam as things move forwards.

Check out the track Rebels In The Roses here and some video of their live act below. They also have some stuff available for listening on their MySpace.

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Earlimart: One of the coolest bands from LA

Its coming up on one year since I first heard the band Earlimart. Fronted by Aaron Espinoza, Earlimart are a band that is surprising difficult to describe musically. Its great music though. Three thumbs up! (Get someone next to you to join in…..).

Maybe they are a mix between Elliott Smith (late-close friend of the band) and Broken Social Scene, but with more piano.

I was at a Bar-b-que in Austin Texas last year for SXSW; It might of been a US campus radio stations’ shin-dig. It was the middle of the afternoon, and I’d had way too much to drink. I remember seeing the band, leaving, then swearing that If I’d remember anything from that party, it would be that:

a) Earlimart cleared up the sky, sent the clouds away, and set the sun.

b) the nachos were great, the beer was very bad.

Follow this link to stream Earlimart’s last record ‘Treble and Tremble’. I enjoy ‘The Hidden Track’ and ‘Heaven Adores You’.

Also, check out this link. Its a LA based collective of bands (Called The Ship Collective) who record music together. Along with Earlimart, there’s a couple more gems in there.