Owing to their somewhat cut-and-paste aesthetic, I thought a lot of the songs on Fol Chen’s debut “Part I: John Shade Your Fortune’s Made” already sounded like remixes. But apparently there is more room to fidget in the L.A. avant-poppers’ sonic world. Now Fol Chen is releasing the super-single “The Longer U Wait” – a […]
The Postmarks cooed their way into my consciousness in ’07 with their self-titled debut, and the Miami three-piece followed it up with an album of cool covers, “By the Numbers,” last year. Not that I’m a sucker for for any old band that covers Ride’s “OX4,” but it gets my attention, and female singer Tim […]
Kenan Bell, the La Crescenta-bred rapper who’s been on tour as opener for De La Soul, gets headliner treatment tonight at the Troubadour for a bargain ($5 ticket) ASCAP showcase that also includes John Forté and Fitz & the Tantrums. … The big rooms should be hopping tonight – Atmosphere is at the Palladium; Tracy […]
Caught between rock and a hard place, Division Day chose rock. Obsidian, if I had to choose a particular stone. “Visitation,” the album that announces the return of the Los Angeles quartet from a year-plus period of travails and self-doubt, is dark, dense and polished. It’s so intense and claustrophobic that you’d think the guys […]
Elvis Costello, with a new album of Americana titled “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” brings his all-star roots-rock lineup to the Greek Theatre. Lucinda Williams opens. … It’s the album-release party for Correatown’s “Spark. Burn. Fade” [recommended] at the Echo, where Marvelous Toy, the Breakups and Killsonic support. … At Spaceland, it’s” the Minor Canon along with […]
I am not quite old enough to have attended Woodstock – if you want some insights, talk to this guy – but I will look in on “Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary,” the photographic exhibition currently up at the Duncan Miller Gallery. The exhibition features the work of four photographers – Jim Marshall, Baron Wolman, Henry […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Belinda Carlisle today. Here’s what’s up tonight:] The Flaming Lips, fresh off a weekend appearance at Beer Fest in San Diego County, land at the Greek Theatre, with Ghostland Observatory in tow. Playing early is Stardeath and White Dwarfs – the new band fronted by Wayne Coyne’s nephew and […]
[The second in the weekly Stolen Lyric series. Check out last week’s.] ||| Source: The Flaming Lips, “The Sound of Failure” ||| Live: The Flaming Lips perform Monday at the Greek Theatre and Tuesday at the Fox Theater in Pomona.
Today: I’m not one for painting my face or wearing red noses (go ahead, hit me with your punchline), but dressing up gets you a free CD at the the Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Circus at the Echoplex, where, fresh from Lollapalooza, the Henry Clay People perform, joined by Fol Chen, the Flying Tourbillon Orchestra […]
Tankfarm, the Orange County-based clothing company who used to partner with Future Sounds on their compilation CDs of music by breaking artists, have now hooked up with the MySpace Records Friends & Family program on a similar venture. The partnership’s first mix – featuring the likes of Sabrosa Purr [pictured], Jonneine Zapata, All Smiles, U-N-I, […]
