Tonight’s episode featured a stellar (play)list of music from bands like New Young Pony Club, Client, and the Jackson 5! But I’d like to give a special shout out to one band in particular, The Start.



I think this story will go a lot smoother if we all pretend we’re at a slumber party together, in our jammies (mind outta the gutter). So, my affair with the band began back in December. My friend Tina had introduced me to her friend Joy. Now as it turns out, Joy manages a band I’m quite familiar with, Girl in a Coma. Because I trust her musical tastes, when she recommended another one of her bands, The Start, I had to, well, Listen Up!

Now even though I wasn’t familiar with the band itself, I had already been exposed to lead singer Aimee Echo, and it’s likely that you have as well. She sang with Sweden’s own Teddybears at last year’s Coachella and again on The Jimmy Kimmel Show no more than a few months ago.



Though she delivered killer performances with those snuggly bears, it’s when she’s with The Start that the world makes sense again! As some of you may know, they played The L Word season prremiere party earlier this year. The set was only two songs long, but it was enough time for everyone in attendance to whip out their camera phones, they’re that kinda band. That show was my first time seeing them live and, of course, left me wanting more. So later that week, I caught them playing to a nearly sold-out crowd at the Troubadour. I kid you not, I have at least a dozen cell phone pics from that night. As guitarist Jamie said in a recent interview with OurChart, "We’re a rock band disguised as an electronic dance band." And they do rock, friends, trust me. Their newest member, Chelsea, reminds me of my childhood hero, Animal, from Fraggle Rock. On top of being a great live act, they’re quite possible the nicest and most polite band in Los Angeles. Let’s just say they not only melt faces, they melt hearts as well. Jeez, I need to write for Hallmark!

Definitely check out tonight’s track, "Ciao Baby," and if you’re into it, download some of my favorites: "Surrender" and "Just a Fantasy"

Stay tuned for The Start’s OurChart interview!