Electric Guest

Electric Guest hail from sunny Los Angeles and consists of Asa Taccone, Matthew Compton and brothers Todd and Tory Dahlhoff. Making delicious indie dream pop sounds since 2011, they released their debut 'Mondo' in 2012 with the help of super-hip producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton). Danger Mouse took the band under his wing after a friend asked for his honest opinion on his little brother's music – his friend's little brother turning out to be Electric Guests' Asa. Danger Mouse loved it and the rest is history. His presence can certainly be felt throughout the record in from of various funky electro beats. I had seen Electric Guest before at the brilliant Sasquatch festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre, Washington. Here in the UK they have quite a following. I caught them at Live at Leeds Festival in 2013 at Leeds Metropolitan University. In the dark and dingy room, Electric Guest walked out on stage with frontman Asa - always engaging and chatty - greeting the crowd and thanking us for coming to watch them. Highlights of their set included the rather cool beat on 'Holes' that had all the band members bopping along which simultaneous had the crowd doing the same thing. 'This Head I Hold' proves that this band can also nail a perfectly catchy pop song (the song was used in multiple adverts). My personal favourite, 'Troubleman' is textured and soothing and enabled you to drift off to a far away place...it is over eight minutes long after all. With only one album out, this band are still in the early days of their career, but they're off to a good start.
Fun fact about lead singer Asa Taccone – he has a 'Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics' for his part in helping to write American comedy troupe, The Lonely Island's song 'Dick In A Box'. Surely if you were going to win an Emmy, you'd want it to be for something as ridiculous as that.

Seeing Electric Guest live was a dream come true for me. I loved the every part of their show. They played a lot of Plural but they also played some Mondo. I was so lucky that I was able to see who the opening act was and when I listened to their music before hand and I loved it. That made seeing them Nine Pound Shadow way more enjoyable. I really liked the venue but I was lucky to be at the stage so I may have a bias. I will have the memories of the show with me forever and I can't wait till they come back to seattle!

It went by too fast! It was so amazing seeing them live, they powered through some technical difficulties, and delivered an amazing show. I've been a big fan since 2012, and have always wanted to see them live, they did not disappoint! They played some of their older songs as well as some of their new songs that I love. Great show, great venue too :)

Electric Guest only played for around 45 minutes, but Asa can really sing and bring a fun energy to the stage. They played many of their top hits from all of their albums. The guys they picked up for guitar and bass were incredibly talented; when Reese Richardson rocked out on the guitar, the crowd started engaging more.

Electric Guest was amazing as always! This is the 2nd time I've had the pleasure of seeing them live and would recommend it to anyone who loves live music! It also helps that it was at one of my favorite venues in Nashville!

Amazing!!! Such good energy the whole time and the opening act Soleima was AMAZING. They’re the perfect duo for a good show. Very interactive with the crowd and was throwing fake money and giving girls roses by the end!

Dans une salle très sympa, la Maroquinerie, nous avons beaucoup apprécié le concert d'Electric Guest.

En plus d'être un groupe sympathique et talentueux, ils ont mis une superbe ambiance. Une soirée réussie !

they were great, sounds was the crispiest I'd ever heard. so much so that i thought they had a backing track. think the bar gave me some fake plastic coins instead of real change though, so lost €2

The show was pretty great. Venue is very nice any intimate. Sadly Electric Guest played mostly from their new album which is no where near as good as their first album... they were still awesome!