Lavola FTW!

I’ve written about West Palm Beach trio Lavola before; my article about them appears here, and I’ve posted links to videos of them playing live (like this one that involved officers of the law) as well.

Full disclosure: A little while ago (but well after I wrote the article, just so you know), they approached me and asked if I’d consider getting back into the music industry to manage them, and I said yes.

UPDATE (December 2010): Due to my writing schedule, I’ve stepped down as their manager. What I’ve written stands.

Matt Hanser

So I’m not going to pretend to be on the fence about them, and I’ll refrain from telling you how great they are (but they’re great). I will NOT, however, keep from mentioning that last night they killed it at Propaganda, a bitchin’ club in Lake Worth.

And last night, it mattered. Because last night was a showcase put on by AEG and The Honeycomb to pick a band to open for most excellent Silversun Pickups at their upcoming June 16th gig at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton.

Julian Cires

So slaying the show last night, which they did, which they always do, worked out well for them: they won the gig.

But you know, I’m biased. So here’s a link to write up by Reed Fischer (my old music editor at New Times and a gen-u-ine music dude – though he’s wrong about one thing: there was little bombast). And here’s a link to get tickets. Because even without Lavola, this will be a great show.

With Lavola, though, it’s the balls AND the shaft.

Brian Weinthal

You can keep up with Lavola (and you should, because then you’ll be able to tell everyone you knew about them before anyone else) at at iamlavola.com or the Lavola Facebook page. You can also follow @iamlavola on Twitter (twitter stream starting any second… really…).