Show review: Lilys @ Spaceland

It has certainly been a while since Kurt Heasley brought his band out for a live run. But, the pleasant surprise of seeing an ad mid-week that said Lilys were playing that Sunday changed that.

Lilys hit the road for a small cluster of West Coast tour dates and a couple Sundays ago, saw them bring their show to the small and David Lynch-esque Spaceland venue in Silverlake. While the place was virtually empty through the opening bands, there couldn't have been more than 100 people there by the time their set ended.

Kicking things off with 'Squares' and providing peppy and jangly renditions of tracks including (my favorite song) 'Ginger' and 'Nanny in Manhattan', the band looked happy and Kurt was talkative throughout - though sometimes a bit incoherent.

While there were no lush, shoe-gazey offerings of anything from 'In the Presence of Nothing', there was no love lost among the committed - surely, anyone at Spaceland on a Sunday night doesn't just 'happen to be there'.

All in all, the bartender mixed some strong drinks which kicked in at the right time and LA was treated to a rare Lilys appearance, well, since their last time at Spaceland.


VIDEO: Kurt Heasley - 'Ginger' (acoustic)

Lilys - 'Ginger' (live from ATP '08, New York)

I've been in a constant search for the out of print (OOP) 10" vinyl of 'A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns'. Finding a video I didn't think existed is right up there - thank you to Jay Breitling and his blog (http://jbreitling.blogspot.com) for showing up where I stumbled to :)


Philebrity @ ATP NY 08: Lilys from Philebrity on Vimeo.


UPDATED 5/5: I guess the out-of-print CD will have to do - new pickup :)