Goodbye Bread
by Goodbye Bread on 2/27/24The Wiltern - Los AngelesWas stoked to go to a show at the historic Wiltern but found it to be a disappointing experience. The event parking was $40. For 2 hours! I ended up finding a spot on a local street half a mile away. Then walked through the smelly streets of downtown to get there. The venue has amazing mid-century artistic details, like hand painted frescoes on the ceiling, and deco style bas-reliefs jutting from the walls. Very cool. But the lighting in there is so tacky and modern! There's a bunch of pink and blue LED lights everywhere like a freakin' amusement park! Ruins the historic value. I wanted to get a decent mixed drink like an Old Fashioned, but they didn't even have the ingredients! With all those bars they have backlit to the nines by cheap lighting and bartenders in matching vests :/ Got a freakin tall can of beer for almost 20 bucks. And lastly the sound in there was just terrible. So dry and lacking in reverb. The mix isolated every instrument in its own lane, so there was no blend. That might have been because of the band. Garage rock and a venue like that are not meant to go together. Ty did good. The music in general sounded awful. The treble on the lead guitar was painful to the ears. The fuzz on the bass did sound cool. Overall the sound was awful. The general admission ticket concept is okay. Audience spacing was good. Best part of the venue is the couches downstairs by the bathroom, where I sat staring at the wall wondering where my $100 went. Upon leaving the show there is a haze of smoke from burnt meat and semi-circle of street vendors surrounding the exits beneath the marque all saying "hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog hot dog" Its like something out of a David Lynch movie. Going to a show is supposed to be fun. You'd have to pay me to do that again.