Olentangy John comes to Los Angeles by way of New York but his music luckily comes without the unnecessary flashiness or deceiving glitz of either city. His album, O! Be Joyful, released via Trailer Fire Records is a canon of utmost sincerity and truth through guitar and banjo strumming among a multitude of other instruments. Cigarettes, honest tunes and a trucker hat will do it if that combination consistently yields songs this great. Those who have a soft spot for Leslie and the Badgers and Ferraby Lionheart can easily make room for this guy.
Olentangy John will have an in-store performance at Origami Vinyl tonight starting at 7pm. So if you're in Echo Park, pop in for some refreshingly good storytelling.
Until then, check his video of the title track, "O! Be Joyful" out below and grab an Mp3 of "Daniel."
The video features John in solitude but he is surrounded by a plethora of party decorations, treats, and activities. It sure must have been fun to make the video, but shame on wasting cake like that.
4/01 Dante vs Zombies @ Redwood Bar 4/02 Andy Clockwise @ The Echoplex 4/02 Breakestra, Fitz and the Tantrums @ NHM of LA 4/03 Kenan Bell, Dot Hacker, White Arrows @ Spaceland 4/05 Walking Sleep (formerly Flying Tourbillon Orchestra) @ The Echo 4/08 Jack Ladder, Pepper Rabbit, Regrest & Brunettes @ 3 Clubs 4/09 Gavin Castleton, Goldenboy, Pebaluna (ft. Lauren Coleman) @ 14Below 4/09 Family Of The Year @ Bootleg Theatre 4/10 Lanterns, Robotanists @ The Garden Party 4/10 Liars, Fol Chen @ El Rey Theatre 4/10 60 Watt Kid @ Synchronicity Space 4/10 Saint Motel, Voxhaul Broadcast, The Pity Party, Mississippi Man @ The Echoplex 4/10 West Indian Girl @ The Roxy 4/10 Adam Green @ Troubadour 4/11 The Living Sisters @ Amoeba Music 4/12 The Monolators @ Pehrspace 4/12 Helen Stellar, The Postelles, The Constellations @ Spaceland 4/12 Crystal Castles @ The Echo 4/13 Retribution Gospel Choir ft. Alan Sparhawk, Funeral Party @ Spaceland 4/14 Them Crooked Vultures @ Club Nokia 4/14 Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda @ Fox Theater Pomona 4/14 The Ruby Suns, Toro y Moi @ The Echo 4/15 Autolux @ Detroit Bar 4/15 Pavement @ Fox Theater Pomona 4/15 She & Him, The Chapin Sisters @ The Glass House 4/16 Autolux @ Bootleg Theatre 4/16 Coachella 4/17 Here We Go Magic @ Bootleg Theatre 4/17 Coachella 4/17 Atoms for Peace @ Santa Barbara Bowl 4/17 Delorean, Bachelorette @ The Echoplex 4/18 Coachella 4/18 Dum Dum Girls, Ramona of Nite Jewel, Tan Dollar @ Echo Curio 4/18 Love Grenades @ The Echo 4/18 Male Bonding @ The Smell 4/20 Everest @ Bootleg Theatre 4/20 Mr. Gnome @ Silverlake Lounge 4/22 Japandroids @ The Echoplex 4/22 Princeton @ The Troubadour 4/23 Kid Sister @ The Avalon 4/23 GZA @ Detroit Bar 4/23 Battlehooch, Slang Chickens @ Echo Curio 4/24 Black Prairie (members of The Decemberists) @ Bootleg Theatre 4/24 The Dear Hunter @ The Glass House 4/25 Olentangy John @ Echo Curio 4/25 Rainbow Arabia, Tearist @ Space 15 Twenty 4/25 Blank Dogs @ The Echo 4/25 Aqualung @ Bootleg Theatre 4/26 So Many Wizards, The Fling @ Silverlake Lounge 4/27 Dr. Dog, Deer Tick @ Henry Fonda Theater 4/29 The Antlers @ Detroit Bar 4/29 Rogue Wave @ El Rey Theatre 4/29 Lemon Sun @ The Echo 4/29 Signals @ The Smell 4/29 Jamie Lidell @ The Troubadour 4/29 Dante Vs. Zomebies, Whoa Hunx @ Spaceland 4/30 Nite Jewel @ The Echo 4/30 The Antlers @ The Troubadour
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