La Vice has released its music video.
2012 continues to blow my mind when it comes to local music.
La Vice, which isn’t exactly local but features Riverside native Chris Qualls (of Electric Valentine, A Kiss Could Be Deadly) released its debut EP earlier in November.
While Electric Valentine has more of a electro-pop vibe, La Vice has a gritter rock sound that you can still dance to. I kind of liken it to what would happen if you locked The Strokes in a dungeon. The band’s music has that catchiness, but also a dark, edgy undercurrent.
Here’s the video the band made for single “Dancing on the Rio,” which was funded by a Kickstarter campaign a few months back. There are handclaps in the song. I really love handclaps.
Qualls’ other band, Electric Valentine, has a show coming up with the Street Drum Corps on Thursday, Dec. 13 at The Viper Room in Hollywood, too.