Left to right: folksinger Phranc, The Cricket’s JD Samson and Alice Bag Band/YAAWN’s Candace Hansen at The Smell last Sunday night.
Butch rockstars were in the house last Sunday night at the all-ages venue, The Smell, to check out the Crickets, Kuromi and A G E N D E R show. The headliners were the New York-based Crickets, which is a newly formed band that includes JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN), Roddy Bottum (Faith No More, Imperial Teen) and Michael O’Neill (MEN). Le Tigre, MEN, and Imperial Teen have all been highly popular and influential bands in the modern queer music scene. Sunday’s show marked the Crickets first Los Angeles appearance after their recent first show in NYC.
Among those in attendance were folksinger Phranc of “Bulldagger Swagger” fame and former member of synth-punk band Nervous Gender, and Candace Hansen, drummer for the Alice Bag Band and hardcore punk band YAAWN. While there was quite a diverse crowd of all ages queers and allies in attendance, with the presence of these butch rockstars including JD Samson all under one roof, it indeed smelled like butch spirit.
Crickets are playing this next Thursday night, May 30, with performance art duo Princess at the Zebulon Cafe, 2478 N. Fletcher Drive, Los Angeles, 90039. 8:00 PM, valet and street parking.
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