Eight thousand ants and singer Chris Richard star in Grant James’ video for the Deadly Syndrome’s “Trouble Again,” which premiered on Consequence of Sound, where you can get more background. It’s a remarkable piece of videography for a gorgeously tender song, which appears on the L.A. quartet’s sophomore album “Nolens Volens.” That album, by the […]
A buoyant optimism that doesn’t resort to preening, nifty orchestral arrangements, an alliterative name – Paulie Pesh has a lot going for him. On his second EP, “Shining Stars,” the L.A. singer-songwriter straddles the ground staked out by classic songsmiths such as Randy Newman and new pop adventurers such as Andrew Bird. “I’m trying my […]
Around the city in 3 bulleted items: ‣ Buzzy/noisy/exhilarating Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells headline the sold-out El Rey Theatre. ‣ Mercury Prize nominees Villagers open for Ra Ra Riot at the Music Box. ‣ And there’s a great local bill at the Silverlake Lounge – Paulie Pesh celebrates the release of his “Shining Stars” EP, […]
“Stomp Out the Sun,” the first album from roots rocker Jason Diaz, provides a lot of comfort food for fans with an appetite for vintage ’60s and ’70s music, but the 24-year-old acknowledges that he felt as if he were the only person on that diet when he was a teenager. “I was weirdo in […]
Flying Lotus let his musical imagination run wild on his sprawling new EP “Pattern+Grid World,” the follow-up to his acclaimed album from earlier this yer, “Cosmogramma.” In the video for “Kill Your Co-Workers,” the man born Steven Ellison has found a visual collaborator with an equally wide vision. Animator Beeple has made available for download […]
Delorean’s home base of Barcelona is just a short hop across the Balearic Sea from Ibiza, so it is little wonder that this indie quartet has soaked up the sounds of the Mediterranean island’s famed club scene. The uplifting piano breaks on latest full-length “Subiza” could be lifted straight from an early ’90s house record, […]
[It’s Karl Wallinger’s birthday today, and I miss me some World Party …] Top show featuring fortysomethings we love: ‣ Superchunk (new album “Majesty Shredding”) and the Vaselines (new album “Sex With an X” – that’s the video, above) play the Music Box, with Telekinesis opening. You couldn’t go wrong here either: ‣ Broken Social […]
‣ Fitz & the Tantrums, with Daryl Hall? Yep. Fitz and a couple of his bandmates – Noelle Scaggs and James King – visited Hall for an episode of his Web TV series “Live From Daryl’s House.” Not only are the performances cool, but they make applesauce. Go here to watch – excellent stuff, especially […]
The Cypress Hill SmokeOut at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center on Saturday had its share of problems, reports David Hall of the OC Register. The weed-added festival featured Manu Chao (top photo, who have added a date Tuesday at the Troubadour), as well as Incubus, Basement Jaxx, Paul Oakenfold, Deadmau5, Erykah Badu and MGMT. Photographer […]
New Jersey native Anthony Polcino kept his own music in the background while he played guitar in the Los Angeles’ Low Vs Diamond, but when that quintet “slowed down, or fizzled out” after touring behind its 2008 album, Polcino says, he got to work in his West Hollywood apartment. ||| Stream/download: “Golden Grace” [audio:http://www.mediafire.com/file/rdnq924dn1c9qt6/Soft%20Pipes%20-%20Golden%20Grace.mp3] His […]
