{"id":9513,"date":"2012-02-19T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T23:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2012-02-19T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T23:29:03","slug":"milo-greene-and-koga-at-muddy-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-02\/milo-greene-and-koga-at-muddy-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Milo Greene and Koga at Muddy Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We meandered down to Muddy Waters<\/strong>\u00a0at the last minute on Friday and were rewarded with a pleasant surprise and some promise. The surprise was catching Evan Koga’s<\/strong> opening set. \u00a0Koga was last seen at Muddy Waters<\/strong><\/a> and Soho<\/strong><\/a> in the up-and-coming LA band, Chief<\/strong>, which has unfortunately disbanded. With his forceful Dylan\/Pettyisms and deft electric guitar jangle and playing, Koga continues to show great potential.\u00a0 Evan told us he’s putting the finishing touches on an EP, which should be released near-term.\u00a0 We look forward to it.<\/p>\n

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The promise of the evening was shown by LA band, Milo Greene<\/strong>.\u00a0 As you can see in the video below of them performing their popular song, 1957<\/strong><\/em>, this green young band crafts interesting songs and delivers them with energetic aplomb.\u00a0 They will have to take care not to become too “slick” in the future, but if they keep evolving and progressing as songwriters and performers, resist the mainstream and manage to eclipse their influences, they will have a bright future ahead of them.\u00a0 After 1957<\/strong><\/em> check the band performing the set-closer at Muddy, a great and driving cover of Sufjan Stevens’ majestic Chicago.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>And after, check out the band performing an unplugged set for NPR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n