Summer’s here, and that means barbecues and poolside parties for most people. However, Orange County’s Young the Giant will be hard at work and on the road from now through October, and this time they’ll become globetrotters as they visit the U.K., Australia, the Netherlands and more. We swear it seemed just like yesterday that […]
During her too-short visit to Los Angeles, globetrotting songstress Keren Ann played a guitar shop, a house party … and the 1,200-capacity theater at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles. ||| Photos by Chris Molina After her set Saturday night, it’s hard to imagine either of those cozy […]
Anthony Polcino emerged from the shadow of his role as guitarist in Low Vs Diamond last autumn, when, doing business as Soft Pipes, he self-released a very good homemade album “When You’re Done Here You Get to Go Home.” Since then, abetted by Christopher Pappas and Miracle Parade, Polcino has assembled a live band and […]
More than one participant – and even the attendees felt like participants – at Saturday night’s Tribute to the Movies likened the affair to an Irish wake. There were songs and drinks and tears and photos and video projections, and all of it was very good, if not cathartic. The Movies, beloved Silver Lakers whose […]
The Echo became a haven for buoyant, squeaky-clean guitar pop on Wednesday as the Postelles closed the night out as part of a stellar all-ages lineup. Clinging to a hybrid of sticky melodies from the doo-wop days and the energy of today’s garage-rock scene, the New York City quartet played to a young, eager crowd […]
[Birthday shout-out today to Tommy Keene – now, for tonight …] Top stops on a Thursday: ‣ Seems like forever ago that Ida Maria built a “Fortress Round My Heart.” It was back in 2008 when the Norwegian rocker dented playlists with “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” and “Oh My God,” […]
Tenlons Fort, the vehicle for the meditative songwriting of Jack Gibson, will play their first Los Angeles show in more than a year when the band headlines Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night on July 12 at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Tenlons Fort will be joined by the Sweet Hurt, CMG & We […]
Ever since they set about stirring desert twang, spacey electronics and reverb-drenched textures into an Ennio Morricone-like dust storm. Spindrift has been most cinematic band around, even when your imagination provides the only visuals. The latest psychedelic excursion from songwriter Kirpatrick Thomas and friends is titled “Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1,” with each track getting a […]
It says here that Nika Roza Danilova is 4-foot-11, 90 pounds. As Zola Jesus, the white-robed sprite is a lot bigger, and growing by the minute. Her second album, “Conatus,” will be out Oct. 4 (on Sacred Bones Records), and the teaser track “Vessel” finds the 22-year-old electro-experimentalist full-throated and daunting, wailing her way out […]
Your mighty good midweek show options: ‣ Last month we updated you on the exploits of the Parson Red Heads, the Oregon-bred folkies who were beloved locally for the five years they spent in L.A. and last year relocated to Portland. Their new album “Yearling” – their best work yet – is coming Aug. 16 […]
