Los Angeles: huge, sprawling, and eclectic, has been likened to microcosm of the country as whole — truly a melting pot of various cultures, ethnicities, tastes and influences.  So is her music.  With various scenes and sub-scenes, rarely has there been a defining “sound” that marks the overall zeitgeist of what is happening in the [...]

Did ya hear? Le Switch are bringing their rock & soul revue to Spaceland every Monday night this month (and it don’t cost nothin). Aquarium Drunkard is presenting the residency which culminates February 23rd with the release of the band’s new EP, The Devil Needs A Cough Drop (Autumn Tone). Tonight’s bill is: The [...]

This Friday, during the second hour of our SIRIUS/XM show, we will air the Aquarium Drunkard session cut in December with Le Switch, at The Ship, here in L.A. in the Eagle Rock neighborhood. This weekend the band embarks on a West Coast mini-tour, up the coast to Seattle and back, in preparation for their [...]

Saturday, November 22nd, Aquarium Drunkard presents O’Death at Spaceland with special guests Le Switch and Death To Anders. We have a few pairs of tickets to give away to AD readers. To land a pair, hit up the comments below with your name, and a valid email address. Winners will be notified via email.
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You may remember we were in Nashville in September for our showcase at the AMA festival. Le Switch was one of the bands on the bill, and before their set, the Dell Lounge folks shot and acoustic version of “I’m Not On” that will be on the band’s next EP. Those familiar [...]

Le Switch, a band name which is damn hard to say without affecting a bad French accent, has added another notch to a year whose belt is already full. The notches, in this case, count the bands who have released albums that, genuinely and without schmaltz, channel classic rock and pop [...]

One of our very favorite bands, our L.A. brethren, Le Switch, will be at The Echo next tonight. It’s going to be a festivus; a CD release party for their upcoming debut LP entitled And Now…Le Switch. Our Autumn Tone label is releasing the album September 30th, but we’re giving the locals [...]

Sometimes a rock ‘n’ roller needs to howl to be heard. Last night Athens, GA’s, The Whigs ripped through tracks from their Dave Matthews-label-approved Mission Control for a devoted crowd at the Echo, abandoning any of the subtlety that marks the record in favor of throaty, earnest rock ‘n’ roll. It’s been a [...]

Aquarium Drunkard proudly presents Le Switch’s Los Angeles residency, every Monday night this May, at The Echo. Besides four free nights of Le Switch’s boozy soul-pop, each night of their residency boasts fantastic support slots by the likes of: Frankel, Amnion, Seasons, The Henry Clay People, Division Day, Princeton, I Make This Sound, Adeline [...]

If you’re in town or have been dropping by the Drunkard over the last few weeks, then you know about LA Weekly’s Click Hear show Monday night at the El Rey. Clustered with the alt-pub’s Muzika ’07 feature (read LA Weekly’s AD profile here), the show promoted a slew of local bands across four hours. [...]

Le Switch principal, and vocalist, Aaron Kyle teams up with various family members for a night at The Echo, here on Sunset, in Echo Park. Come on out Sunday evening, and get yer down home family-jam on.
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MP3: Le Switch :: Pristine ((live sirius session)
MP3: Le Switch :: Crazy (live sirius session)
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Heads up, Angelenos: Aquarium Drunkard encourages everyone in the greater Los Angeles area to head out to Glendale’s Scene Bar on August 24th (Thursday night) for the 2nd Now Blog This!, L.A. blogger curated, show.
The scoop: The show will feature four bands hand picked by L.A. music bloggers: The Deadly Syndrome (presented by Passion of [...]