los angeles

October 17, 2004 / 10:30 pm

BMI Pick of the Month

The Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd

Tickets: $8 at door

Cary Brothers grew up Nashville, TN, raised on a good mix of 70's FM rock (Zeppelin, Foreigner) and 80's British alternative (The Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, and The Stone Roses in particular). He picked up a guitar at thirteen and learned the entire early R.E.M. catalogue in a matter of weeks. His first band, "The Sorry Bastards," played exactly one show before disbanding over "creative differences" and, well, college. After graduating from Northwestern and heading West, Brothers co-founded the band "The Dolores Haze" with old friend Rachel Robinson. Fairly prolific over a short period of time, the "Haze" (as lazy people called them) played some nice big shows across the city and recorded the tunes "The Wave" and "Love Song" with producer Chad Fischer. Yet, once again, a mixture of "creative differences" and inanimate rubber objects left Cary without a band. In 2002, Cary got back up on stage again, this time as a solo act armed with truckloads of original songs. Along with some rock shows at the Knitting Factory and The Joint, he's become a frequent player at the world famous Hotel Cafe in Hollywood with his revolving band. He went back in the studio with Fischer and came out with the four-song "All the Rage" EP. His music caught the ear of actor/director Zach Braff and his song “Blue Eyes” ended up in the “Garden State” movie and soundtrack. Brothers recently performed “Blue Eyes” on the “Late, Late Show with Craig Kilbourn.” Daily Candy called “All The Rage,” “…a love cycle in four songs, covering everything from falling madly to realizing it's gone…The album just might become the new soundtrack to your life.” He’s also getting radio airplay on Los Angeles’s Indie 103.1, Cincinnati’s WOXY, and Seattle’s KEXP.