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The Soft Pack
The 2012 Line-up
- The Flaming Lips
- Built to Spill
- Sleigh Bells
- Bob Mould
- Archers of Loaf
- Die Antwoord
- Porter Robinson
- Surfer Blood
- Cursive
- The Dodos
- Atlas Sound
- Wye Oak
- Glass Candy
- Matthew Dear
- Craig Finn
- Class Actress
- Veronica Falls
- Mac McCaughan (Solo)
- Imperial Teen
- Budos Band
- Christie Front Drive
- The Soft Pack
- Jolie Holland
- Grimes
- Thao
- John Vanderslice
- Big Freedia
- Two Gallants
- Young Prisms
- Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames
- The Fresh and Onlys
- oOoOO
- Papercuts
- Oranger
- Bleached
- Ume
- Dirty Ghosts
- Release the Sunbird
- Mount Moriah
- Laura Veirs & the Tumble Bees
- Disappears
- bare wires
- Sonny and The Sunsets
- 20 Minute Loop
- Foxtails Brigade
- Shannon and The Clams
- Sad Baby Wolf
- Brilliant Colors
- White Cloud
- Allah-Las
- Will Sprott of The Mumlers
- Born Gold
- Social Studies
- Talkdemonic
- Pickwick
- Taxes
- Tyler Lyle
- Virgin Islands
- Yalls
- Big Tree
- Tambo Rays
- Sea of Bees
- The SHE'S
- Giggle Party
- Carlos Forster
- Hollerado
- Chains Of Love
- Hard French
- Churches
- Melted Toys
- The Lonely Forest
- Lilac
- The Big Sleep
- Great Apes
- Sister Crayon
- Peppercorn
- Slouching Stars
- Hospitality
- Overwhelming Colorfast
- AU
- Cannons and Clouds
- Cate Le Bon
- Chapter 24
- Dreams
- FIDLAR
- Double Duchess
- Maus Haus
- Exray's
- Young Mammals
- onelinedrawing
- Emily Jane White
- Ash Reiter
- Bird By Snow
- Tropical Popsicle
- PreTeen
- Sun Foot
- Surf Club
- Built Like Alaska
- Big Black Delta
- B33SON
- Vogue & Tone
- Rachel Haden
- Fake Your Own Death
- pennybirdrabbit
- Vir
- Sasha Bell
- DJ Aaron Axelsen
- Garrett Pierce
- Princeton
- New Diplomat
- Tortured Genies
- Violent Change
- Walken
- Carnivores
- DJ MossMoss
- 21st Century
- Electric Flower
- Greg Ashley
- Seventeen Evergreen
- BT Magnum
- Black Bananas
- Distortion+
- Here Here
- Chromatics
- Soft Metals
- DJ Omar
- Adventure Club
- The M Machine
- Frank Broyles
Playing
Thursday Feb 23 7:00 PM
on Café du Nord
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Born on the shores of San Diego, the four members who make up indie rock outfit The Soft Pack now call L.A. home, and the world their stage. The Pack formed in 2007 when guitarists Matt Lamkin and Matty McLoughlin, both raised on a stream of MTV and The Replacements, returned from college and committed to making music that mattered to them. In the style of their childhood idols, the two instinctively began writing songs as simple as they were memorable. Joined by drummer Brian Hill and bass- ist Dave Lantzman, the group originally went by the moniker The Muslims, until a barrage of ignorance convinced them to switch to a less controversial/less distracting name for the sake of focusing on the music itself. Following the change and the move to L.A., The Soft Pack unleashed their sharp, spirited rock on the world at large and instantly created the kind of positive buzz the band deserves.
Marked by an uninhibited retro sound and nods to their predecessors, combined with a fresh and en- thused edge, the group moves between ‘70s punk and ‘80s garage rock so swiftly that the two become one in the same. In early 2010, The Soft Pack unveiled their critically lauded self-titled LP, easily and infectiously jaunting through 10 energetic tracks in the vein of Wire or The Stooges. Their tight and heady rhythm and Lamkin’s signature vocals are a shot of stripped-down and superbly catchy songs. Their new album, out in early 2012, promises to be more panoramic and abundant in sound, featuring organs and even horns at times. Yet, even as the band widens their scope, the defiant and driving core of The Soft Pack remains in place. Live, the band has been seeing more and more festivals and varied venues hosting their sets, so it will be especially exciting to find the four members back in an intimate setting like Cafe Du Nord for a truly up-close and immediate Soft Pack experience.
CHARLIE SWANSON
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