It’s always interesting to see what a group can take away from the typical rock-band elements and still end up with a full sound. White Stripes have no bass guitar; Tilly and the Wall have no drummer. Mexico City’s Hello Seahorse! do away with something seemingly even more vital—the lead guitar, existing primarily with just a vocalist, bassist/keyboard player/pianist and drummer. It works, though it may preclude the possibility of a tie-in with Guitar Hero. The band, currently touring behind their latest record, Lejos. No Tan Lejos, met lead singer Denise “Lo Blondo” Gutierrez (born in Van Nuys, raised in Mexico City) on MySpace, which was apparently a popular social-networking website at a point in world history.
Thu., Jan. 13, 9 p.m., 2011
