.This is amazing. i promise.

Last week we played a showcase for our label, Manimal Vinyl, and the night was so special since all the bands we played with were our friends from L.A.

We are relocating to Brooklyn, and because of the shooting schedule of Aleksa's show, we won't be able to make it back for the Animal Rescue show.  This sucks, because we won't get to see the round robin between Voice on Tape, VOICEsVOICEs, Bobb Bruno & Howard Amb, which we were really looking forward too.  I think Gliss will be replacing us.  So it will be an amazing show and you better go and support the neighborhood kitties.

Aleksa has won a series regular role on HBO's new show, Boardwalk Empire. The show is being executive produced and the pilot directed by Martin Scorsese, and will be written by Sopranos writer Terrence Winter. She's going to play Angela Darmody, wife of main character Jimmy Darmody, played by Michael Pitt. Steve Buscemi is in it too! The show is about Atlantic City in the 1920's. Pretty cool, no?

This is a video we shot a couple years ago on Aleksa's birthday. All those people in masks are our friends at her birthday party in Griffith Park. It took us forever to get around to editing it (the director moved back to Italy and took the footage with him). It was supposed to have some fancy CGI stuff etc. but we eventually decided to do it ourselves and stuck it all together on imovie. I think its pretty charming and beautiful and funny.

Enjoy,

Devon

Review of The Garden Party with EXITMUSIC
Monday, December 22, 2008 10:30AM - By Lindsey Darden


It was a dark and chilly night as the select few who won our Garden Party giveaway and friends of the band gathered together in Hollywood last Saturday, December 13th. EXITMUSIC (all one word) performed at a super secret locale, and no amount of money or strategically-worded Googling would get you an address to the where-and-when. The only way in to this uniquely intimate performance was through sheer assertiveness.


EXITMUSIC set the stage with “The Fathers Estate”, a dreamy, convoluted tune from their 2007 release, The Decline of the West. Consisting solely of husband, wife, and drummer (namely, Devon Church, Aleksa Palladino, and Dave McFarland) it was a treat to hear the music come together in the same manner as their LP recordings - if only sans the thrill and standard staple of a climate-controlled venue. The band followed along steadily with tracks from Decline - “The Following Winds” with its rolling beat; and “Slow Parade”, a pseudo-waltz, pseudo-march laced with a breathy, throaty approach that would make Karen O blush. Aleksa’s singing style proves to be that of a veteran performer who has earned her wings as it were, taking to the microphone and her instruments with consensual mastery. Coupled with Devon’s vocal and instrumental harmonies, their sound is a symbiotic blend of male and female, warmth and cold, dark and light, silence and poignant sound.

Throwing in a couple of newer songs not widely available - “The Distance”, “The Chains”, the haunting albeit inspiring “Sparks of Light” - as well as a tangible Q&A session all contributed to an evening well-rounded in personalization. There also was somewhat of a lesson on what would seem to be blatantly simple: how, when thoughtfully executed, abstract interpretations of human thought, love, or solitudinous existence never really get old with time. With all the technology in music, the beauty of their performance came down to the ability to showcase ones rhythmic, melodic ability.

Keep an eye out for the videos coming to BeatCrave in January.


Check out the preview on our page... Full video soon to come

See some nice pictures of us at the Echo on the LA Record Site:

Huzzah!