On Sunday, November 8th at the Echo, Kidrockers presents two local bands that are becoming national/international sensations: Silversun Pickups & The Henry Clay People. Greg Behrendt and Matt Dwyer host. SOLD OUT
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT ... KIDROCKERS HEART SILVERSUN PICKUPS, THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE, GREG AND MATT!
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Concert Review
Concert Review: Silversun Pickups and the Henry Clay People live @ Kidrockers (The Echo – 11/8/09) By Travis Woods
As part of the excellent and admirable Kidrockers series of concerts—in which indie music artists perform for children and their parents—the Silversun Pickups and the Henry Clay People, two hometown favorites returning from their respective fall tours, performed together at the Echo on Sunday afternoon, filling the room with a wall-to-wall mass of kids and their rock-savvy parents, with the Henry Clays modifying their rock ‘n roll classicism for the under 18-crowd (lyrical references to beer were quickly and humorously ad-libbed to Hi-C) and the Pickups playing a full-band acoustic set.
The Henry Clay People’s set was one that emphasized the absurdist humor and silliness of the band, featuring as its centerpiece—amongst such standard and crowd pleasing HCP fare as “Something in the Water” and “Switch Kids”—a goofy and guitar-driven ten-minute take on “Old McDonald Had A Farm,” in which the band took animal requests from the audience throughout the song, beginning with a cow and ending with a monkeygoat. It was that kind of show, and one the Clay People were perfect for after a long tour.
Headliners the Silversun Pickups were on next, playing a fiery and funny set of acoustic originals, stripping back their monolithic fuzzbox sound for the smaller ears in the audience while continually infusing the quiet sound with massive energy and heart. Opening with a foot-stomped and insistent “Rusted Wheel,” the band ran through the singles to this year’s Swoon—a frenzied “Panic Switch,” featuring Brian Aubert’s throat-cracked screams over a hushed acoustic bedrock, and the gentle, swaying hooks of “Substitution”—before taking a question-and-answer session from the kids in the audience. Upon being asked what their first song was, Aubert led the band in an impromptu surprise performance of the breathy “Kissing Families” from 2005’s Pikul EP, before bringing the show to an epic close with a singalong version of “Lazy Eye,” during which a parade of children and balloons crashed the stage to surround the band. While the short performances definitely left the crowd wanting more, not a single adult or child was seen wandering the venue after the show without a dazed smile across their face.
Rock and Roll Supershow
Concert Review: Kidrockers presents Silversun Pickups and The Henry Clay People
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:49AM 
photo by Jeff Koga
A week and a half ago, Kidrockers took over the Echo to put on a one of a kind show. Silversun Pickups and Henry Clay People were on hand to provide a party soundtrack for the new generation.
Thos unfamiliar with Kidrockers either don’t have kids, aren’t into music, or both. Kidrockers is a series of shows that take place across the country that brings music to kids. We’re not talking music like Raffi and The Wiggles. This is real music. Real music that grown ups listen to. It’s just presented in a kid friendly environment, or in the case of this show a small club transformed into a kid friendly environment. The Echo looked very different during Kidrockers compared to normal shows. The center of the floor was cleared off, and placed on it was a plethora of Twister mats with cushions on top. This area was for the kids to have a seat and dance if they wanted. Kidrockers also took place at 1pm on a Sunday, which isn’t normal concert time, but perhaps it’s normal kid time.
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Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups in many ways are the quintessential Silver Lake band, having “perfected their fuzzy sing-alongs for shoe-gazers, making pure indie rock as forceful as it [is] accessible.” LA Times. The band earlier this year released “Swoon” (Dangerbird Records), the follow-up to their hugely popular full length debut “Carnavas,” with the hits “Lazy Eye” and “Rusted Wheel.”
http://www.myspace.com/silversunpickups
The Henry Clay People
(photo by Benjamin Hoste) are quartet featuring two brothers that are “quickly becoming the MVP of L.A’s indie rock scene.” Web in Front. The band has been on a virtual non-stop tour in support of their album “For Cheap or For Free” on Aquarium Drunkard’s Autumn Tone Records. “It’s a boozy, late-night party, high-pitched voice over those and jangly guitars that seems to be bringing good ol’ rock ‘n roll music back to L.A. My Old Kentucky Blog. 
http://www.myspace.com/thehenryclaypeople
Greg Behrendt and Matt Dwyer host.
Stand up comic Greg Behrendt is the co-author of “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken.” Greg has been featured on HBO’s Mantastic, last year's Uncool on Comedy Central, and on late night shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Greg recently taped a one hour special called Greg Behrendt is “That Guy From That Thing” to be released November 4th.
MATT DWYER is a comedian, actor and writer who co-hosts “Sinking Radio” every Friday from Noon to 2:00 PM on LittleRadio.com. Matt was part of Second City, has performed one man shows at the UCB Theater in NYC and has appeared in a number of independent movies and television shows, including “Surviving the Holidays w/Lewis Black.”
