[Ben Harper turns 40 today. He’ll be one of the folks doing the big “Hullabaloo” fundraiser for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music at Union Station on Halloween night, by the way …] Should be a nice night to bring a sweater and settle in for some music under the stars – Regina Spektor, who’s been […]
By Viktor Phoenix Fresh off a handful of dates at CMJ, Australian throwback dance-rock band Midnight Juggernauts played a special Dim Mak show at the Roxy on Monday night before heading overseas. As they showed at Coachella 2008, the Juggies proved that they are much more akin to Norwegian synth-rockers 120 Days than they are […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Simon Le Bon … and here’s what’s in store tonight:] Critics have heaped accolades on Sunset Rubdown’s latest album “Dragonslayer,” a labrynthian blast of image-heavy art-rock. The Montreal-based ensemble, led by Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug, ends the U.S. leg of its tour tonight at the Troubadour, where tUnE-YaRdS opens. […]
While you – and by you, I mean everyone I am connected to digitally, plus the nice young man who works at the corner deli – were at U2, I was on assignment for Spin, covering Tegan and Sara’s sold-out show at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre. The Canadian twins were impressive, playing their new album “Sainthood” […]
[I’m back from vacation, although I’m not sure my brain is yet, and here to wish Natalie Merchant a happy birthday and offer a wide-ranging menu of show options for tonight:] The Gossip’s big-sounding major label debut, “Music for Men” [download below], came out this month on Columbia, and the dance-punkers headline the Fonda tonight. […]
[One of those up-and-coming bands for this week’s Stolen Lyric:] ||| Source: U2, “In God’s Country” ||| Live: U2 performs Sunday at the Rose Bowl.
[My continuing adventures on the road will mean this post is a bit truncated today. Meanwhile, happy 50th birthday to Weird Al Yankovic …] Tonight: Love the buzzy take on classic rock from Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile [pictured], whose album “Childish Prodigy” (just out on Matador) make low-fi highly engaging. Out with his touring band, Kurt […]
Tonight is the first of two nights to catch Those Darlins [download] in town when they play the Silverlake Lounge with The Grates and Leslie and the Badgers. … You know Brakesbrakesbrakes has got it goin’ on when their singer quits British Sea Power (Eamon Hamilton moonlighted as keyboardist in the fellow Brighton band) to […]
How do you repurpose a 37,000-square-foot industrial space located in Echo Park? If you’re the husband-and-wife duo of Kaz Murphy and Jacqueline Grad and their business partners, you transform it into a rock ‘n’ roll mecca. That’s the concept behind Bedrock – a facility that’s likely to soon be on the map of Eastside musicians […]
First off, the bad news: Jay Reatard has been canceled tonight at the El Rey. It’s old news at this point that his rhythm section quit, but in case you hadn’t heard, don’t go to the El Rey tonight and expect any Reatard action. ”¦ Now for some good news – Swedish synthsters the Sounds […]
