Silversun Pickups

Indie / Rock

Los Angeles, CA

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Silversun Pickups - Carnavas Out Now on Dangerbird Records

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In the brutally cold world of Big Rock Biz, there’s something very comforting about just knowing that a band like L.A.’s Silversun Pickups exists. That feeling derives from the group’s searingly sumptuous music, sure, but it has a lot to do with knowing their rather humble origins and super-admirable raison d’etre.

Silversun Pickups, you see, rather than being just another fiercely determined young band willing to claw and scrap their way to the top of the rock heap, genuinely appear to be far more like a gang of real, true friends who happened, quite fortuitously, to meet as a result of their mutual love of — shock horror! — music, and who seem to enjoy each other’s company as much as they like playing their own brand of ravishing rock noise. And in fact, guitarist-singer Brian Aubert, bass player Nikki Monninger, drummer Christopher Guanlao and keyboardist Joe Lester are bona fide pals who’d played together or in mutual friends’ bands when they finally settled on a Silversun lineup and began playing shows at local clubs, which further broadened their innately formidable playing chops and established loving loyalties among a growing crop of seekers and sinners.
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great northern, May 22, 2009:

I liked your videos. You guys got a good vibe going. I wanted to let you know that Great Northern is in town touring with the Eulogies and The Dears. They'll be perfroming on Saturday at Echoplex at 9pm. If you can make this show you won't be disappointed. Hey if you need the address its 1822 Sunset Blvd. LA CA 90026