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Contest Wed Jun 09 2010
Contest: The Like @ Lincoln Hall, 6/12!
It's been five years since the Like's debut, Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?, turned a few heads with a sound that was awfully difficult to not compare to the Sundays or Throwing Muses. Despite being a pretty good album and the members having a striking musical pedigree, it failed to generate much attention. Now in 2010, the Los Angeles foursome have rebranded themselves by traveling further back in girl group pop music history with a record, Release Me, that takes influence from a swinging 60s scene without being entirely entrenched in it. Producer Mark Ronson and some Dap-Kings will get a lot of press for their contributions to Release Me, but a key new component is clearly Annie Monroe on organ filling spaces with licks that are appropriate but not overwhelming. (Just listen for it in the bubblegum single "He's Not a Boy.")
And right now Transmission's giving away a pair of tickets to see the Like on Saturday, June 12, at Lincoln Hall. Be the first to email "RELEASE ME" to contests@gapersblock.com and you'll be all set! [Update: We have a winner! Congrats to Holly!]
The Like play with the Futureheads. The Static Jacks open at 10PM. (Also of note, it's the last show of their tour.) Admission's $15 and the show's for those 21 & over. Lincoln Hall's at 2424 N Lincoln.