Slothrust
Slothrust, Um, Jennifer?
The Bellwether333 S Boylston St, Los Angeles 90017
Slothrust heads the bill at The Bellwether in Westlake, with Um, Jennifer? also appearing. The available event information does not specify a special set, guest appearance, release event, tribute, or other one-night concept, so this is presented simply as a multi-act concert. The Bellwether’s main room offers general-admission viewing from its wooden dance floor or its wraparound 270-degree balcony, both looking toward the stage. A long bar runs along the back wall, and the venue’s custom sound system is part of a room built for amplified live music. Before the show, The Virginian, the building’s in-house restaurant and lounge, serves sourdough pizza, snacks, and drinks.
Slothrust is the billed headlining act, but the supplied material does not provide a substantiated biography, hometown, lineup, musical history, collaborators, or critical descriptions for the band. It also offers no reliable account of the group’s musical style beyond the fact that they are appearing on this live-music bill. Um, Jennifer? is identified as a supporting act on the official event page and is also named among the tour’s opening acts by Equal Vision Records. However, the available sources do not establish the supporting act’s members, origins, sound, associations, or reviews. That leaves the night’s clearest picture in the bill itself: Slothrust leading a three-name program at The Bellwether, with Um, Jennifer? among the openers.
The Bellwether’s defining feature is a broad, 270-degree balcony that wraps around its main room, giving concertgoers a choice of floor or elevated viewing with a view toward the stage. The room has a wooden dance floor, a long bar along the back wall and a custom sound system; shows are general admission, with both the main floor and balcony included in a regular ticket. It is a ticketed live-music venue, and the lineup and door times vary by show. Before doors, you can get sourdough pizza, snacks or a drink at The Virginian, the in-house restaurant and lounge, which opens an hour before doors. The venue is just west of downtown Los Angeles, in Westlake, near the 110 freeway.