[They Left L.A. for the Other Coast, but We Still Listen, Part II:] In February, Long Beach-bred trio We Barbarians gave L.A. something of a going-away present the great single “Headspace.” Since they relocated to New York, David Quon, Derek Van Heule and Nathan Warkentin have finished up an EP with that name, their first […]
[They Left L.A. for the Other Coast, but We Still Listen, Part I:] Steve Cooper made music in L.A. as the Gray Kid before segueing into his electro-funk project Spirit Animal. Now based in New York City, Spirit Animal’s new single “I’m Around” (premiered Thursday on Spinner) finds him collaborating with a couple of his […]
[We approach the Sunset Junction-less weekend with plenty of music options. Meanwhile, if you didn’t catch it, the Times had a story today on the aftermath …] Your Friday fodder: ‣ That Dog reunites for the first of two-sold-out shows at the Troubadour. You’d be surprised (or possibly not) how many “new” co-ed bands around […]
More updates on the Sunset Junction-displaced bands, adding to news about new local gigs for boldfaced bands such as Butthole Surfers, Art Brut, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Helmet: The Californian, Chasing Kings (pictured) and Cinderella Motel, three bands who lost gigs after Sunset Junction was denied it permit, will team up for a free […]
From Fool’s Gold and Twin Sister in lunch hour to Explosions in the Sky, Death From Above 1979 and the Dead Milkmen in the witching hour, here are the set times for this year’s FYF Fest on Saturday, Sept. 3, at Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown. There are four stages of music, plus […]
St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, follows up her 2009 album, “Actor” with the release of “Strange Mercy” on Sept. 13, and the wide eyed singer continues to involve fans with intriguing promotion for the upcoming record. After asking her Twitter followers to “unlock” the first single “Surgeon,” Clark now provides this Terri Timely-directed clip where […]
You could compile quite a list of world events that have transpired since Los Angeles trio 400 Blows last released an album in 2005. What hasn’t happened, thankfully, is that 400 Blows have gone soft. Their searing new album “Sickness and Health” is as uncompromising as ever, another notch in the belt for the hardcore […]
Artistic growth is one thing, but the sonic left turn on Family of the Year’s new “St. Croix” EP smacks of something else. Their 2009 full-length “Songbook” revealed the band as purveyors of earnest, harmony-rich folk-pop, but the new EP (four new songs and a Hooray for Earth remix of the title track) seems bent […]
Tonight’s things: ‣ White Arrows, recently off tour with Those Darlins and warming up for a date Saturday with Weezer (and a tour dates with the Naked and Famous), celebrate the release of their new 7-inch “Get Gone” at the Bootleg Theater, with Gangi, Vanaprasta and Electric Guest supporting. ‣ Deadmau5 kicks off a string […]
Bands who were all dressed up for Sunset Junction and now have nowhere to go scrambled to find other gigs this week in the wake of the festival’s cancellation. Talent buyers with holes in their weekend schedules suddenly have myriad options. Here’s what’s on our radar (Thursday morning updates in red, Thursday afternoon updates in […]
