The bilingual L.A. foursome Los Abandoned proved a disappointment live, although their ever-growing fanbase seems intent on making them live icons. Too many long songs, faux guitar shredding and seemingly forced audience participation takes away from their simple, new wave throwback sound. Imagine Blondie crossed with X in Spanish, and you got it. Not that it's too hard to imagine that. The X influence was made all too explicit when the band covered "Los Angeles," though Lady P's vocals couldn't match Exene's desperate and exhausting vocals found on the original.
Openers The Audio Club are cut from a completely different cloth -- a tight, hot pink halter top most likely. Walking the veeeery fine line between straight-laced homage and cutthroat spoof, T.A.C. is fronted by a Britney lookalike (complete with onstage fan to blow her blonde hair around) and K-Fed doppelganger, both of whom actually have talent. DJ/producer T-Bag plays straight man, dressed in all black and looking like an Interpol refugee. Some talented dancers completed the illusion, and the space afforded by the tiny stage provided for some hilariously cramped hijinks.
Photo of Los Abandoned's Lady P by Chinapixie.
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