Only Saturday, Casey Meehan, one of the guys behind Chicago-based digital music distributor Rock Proper, spoke excitedly with Jay Bennett about a venture through the fund-raising website Kickstarter to finance a vinyl pressing of Bennett’s 2008 solo album, “Whatever Happened I Apologize.” Meehan, like many artists on Rock Proper, had recorded his own music at […]
[News for short attention spans:] Two of L.A.’s biggest recent break-out bands, the Airborne Toxic Event and Iglu & Hartly, are teaming up to do a $30-per-ticket benefit June 17 at the Avalon Hollywood. The third annual Design for Humanity, the charitable arm of clothing company Billabong, will benefit Charity: Water, which funds water wells […]
[Post-holiday weekend zone-out time …] Cass McCombs’ career has apparently survived an appearance on “Rockville, CA.” His new album “Catacombs” is due July 7, and the troubadour collaborated with director Aaron Brown for this visually labyrinthian video for the song “Dreams-Come-True-Girl.” Skaters, strings and … Karen Black – conceptually, there’s a lot to digest here. […]
[Stevie Nicks blows out birthday candles today, though the big party with her admirers isn’t until Thursday, when Fleetwood Mac plays Staples Center. Meanwhile, tonight …] With her new album “Jigsaw” finally out, British rapper Lady Sovereign hits the El Rey Theatre tonight. supported by Harvard-bred pop lads Chester French. … Quality country at Spaceland, […]
There’s no terrestrial radio station to tout it – and somebody get to work on that, will ya? – but the Hammer Museum’s summertime music series, “Also I Like to Rock,” returns to the Westwood Village institution in July with a lively slate of indie-rock bands. The series, promoted in past years by rock station […]
[Cheers to Paul Weller, who’s celebrating a birthday today … and here’s how you can usher out your holiday weekend:] The three Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end with a bang: Gangi wraps things up at Spaceland with support from Local Natives and Warpaint; soulful kids Mississippi Man and shoegazers Lower Heaven [pictured] help residents Golden […]
Jay Bennett, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who played with Wilco for the three-album stretch including “Being There,” “Summerteeth” and “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” has died in his sleep at age 45. Bennett, who in late 2008 released his latest solo album “Whatever Happened I Apologize” via the free digital download label Rock Proper, was preparing […]
I will serenade your holiday weekend getaway day with a bit of new music this morning. Join me from 10 a.m. to noon for the Buzz Bands show on Little Radio.
[Another reason to mope – Morrissey turns 50 today. I don’t know what path he will take, but I stopped taking off my shirt in public about that age. Moz will be feted by the obligatory show by covermeisters Sweet and Tender Hooligans at the House of Blues, if you feel like celebrating …] Today: […]
In their early days, the 88 used to get compared a lot to the Kinks. Now, as they showed on last year’s “Not Only … But Also,” they’ve come into their own, and three albums into their career they can flex their musical muscles any which way. Tonight at the Key Club, the L.A. outfit […]
