LA-based El May is a one-woman show and that woman is Lara Meyerratken. Australian-born polymath Lara has provided keyboards, drums, guitars, percussion, vocals and atmosphere for many stellar rock and roll acts such as Ben Lee, Crooked Fingers, Luscious Jackson, Luna, Britta and Dean, Nada Surf, Sneeze and Lustre 4. She has also penned songs that have appeared in advertising, film and TV, including the new Melrose Place and the Michelle Williams film The Baxter.