WHO WOULD HAVE LOVED IT: Purveyors of good music, those who love a good string section, and those who enjoy the pairing of a high-brow venue with high-brow indie rock.

WHO WOULD HAVE HATED IT: People who want music faster than 76 BPM, those who want to stand during shows, and those who don’t know shit.

Earlimart played the Getty’s Harold M. Williams Auditorium last Friday night to a sold out crowd made of the usual hipster folk peppered with people who obviously took a wrong turn after the Monet exhibit. To set the scene, if you’ve never been to the Getty’s auditorium for a show, you should know it looks like the nicest lecture hall you never had at your university (sans fold-out desks that rub gum into your favorite jeans). The show started the moment you stepped in the theater, with ethereal Debussy-ish piano music playing, mixed with robotic vocals saying hello, good to see you and asking did you enjoy the exhibit?. (It’s good to hear the guy from Radiohead’s Fitter Happier is still getting work.) Once Earlimart took the stage, it only took about four bars for everyone to realize they were in for something unexpected — a near-perfectly executed show.
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