COACHELLA VALLEY INDEPENDENT // 37
AUGUST 2021
MUSIC
CVINDEPENDENT.COM/MUSIC
the
LUCKY 13
The guitarist who makes the Night Owls fly, and the bassist who rounds out More Than Circles by matt king
What was the first album you owned? Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses. What bands are you listening to right now? Khruangbin, Durand Jones, Vulfpeck and Alabama Shakes. What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone love, but you don’t get? Tekashi69/6ix9ine.
What was the first album you owned? Nirvana, Unplugged. What bands are you listening to right now? Royal Blood, Wilco and … And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead. What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone love, but you don’t get? Mumble rap.
What’s your favorite musical guilty pleasure? “Take on Me” by a-ha.
What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Jimi Hendrix or Joy Division.
What’s your favorite music venue? House of Blues Hollywood.
What’s your favorite musical guilty pleasure? Natalie Imbruglia.
What band or artist changed your life? Guns N’ Roses, man. That two-guitar layering I heard in Appetite and the tone were something else. I learned every solo and every riff from that album. It’s probably the reason why I use a Marshall and a Les Paul.
What was the first concert you attended? A Led Zeppelin tribute show.
What was the first concert you attended? Deftones, Foo Fighters and Incubus (When Bands Attack show).
What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Led Zeppelin, man, hands down. Those were some killer jam sessions. Jimmy Page is out of this world.
What’s the one song lyric you can’t get out of your head? “I love you, for so many reasons,” from the song “I Love You” by East of Underground. 21 Savage sampled it a lot, and it gets stuck in my head all the time.
NAME Christian Colin GROUP Giselle Woo and the Night Owls MORE INFO Pre-pandemic, Giselle Woo and the Night Owls were the talk of the town. The group’s live shows were master courses in musical versatility, and their Latin-infused psychedelic rock landed them a spot at Coachella 2020. Of course, Coachella 2020 didn’t happen—but the group is back with a Hermano Flower Shop concert video; watch it with this story at CVIndependent.com. Christian Colin is the lead guitarist.
instrumentation between cover bands, rock bands and solo endeavors. He is performing solo at Coachella Valley Brewing in Thousand Palms on Sundays, Aug. 15 and 22.
You have one question to ask one musician. What’s the question, and who are you asking? Robert Johnson: “Where did you go?” What song would you like played at your funeral? Beethoven’s 21st piano sonata, the “Waldstein.”
What’s your favorite music venue? Hollywood Palladium. What’s the one song lyric you can’t get out of your head? “I’ve got a gun for a mouth and a bullet with your name on it,” Royal Blood, “Out of the Black.” What band or artist changed your life? Radiohead proved to me that you don’t have to stick to a genre or have limitations as to what music can be. You have one question to ask one musician. What’s the question, and who are you asking? To Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails: “What keeps you evolving and creating music after your successes and failures?”
What song would you like played at your funeral? “Televators” by The Mars Volta. Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? White Pony by Deftones. What song should everyone listen to right now? “Left Behind” by More Than Circles.
Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? Houses of the Holy (by Led Zeppelin) is another album I really picked apart. That whole album is so diverse. What song should everyone listen to right now? “Headshots (4r Da Locals)” by Isaiah Rashad. NAME Miguel Arballo GROUP More Than Circles and more MORE INFO The Coachella Valley is full of busy musicians—and Miguel Arballo is far busier than most. He divides his time and
MARKET GET 25 TO 50 PERCENT OFF GIFT CERTIFICATES
TO SOME OF THE VALLEY'S TOP RESTAURANTS!
ONLY AT CVINDEPENDENT.COM
CVIndependent.com