Think of this as a match made at a gloriously noisy station in heaven: Electric Flower pairs one of the most formidable shredders around, guitarist Imaad Wasif, with one of the most ferocious drummers, Josh Garza of Secret Machines. The story goes that they met while trapped in an elevator in London some years ago, […]
The trick-or-treaters haven’t even hit the doorstep and we’ve had enough of Halloween already. Or maybe we’re just grumpy because we missed the awesome KCRW Masquerade because of a weekend warrior-related injury. Anyway, here are three Day of the Dead-appropriate videos (and a download) for your sack of candy: Indie stalwarts Superchunk have long had […]
As guitarist and songwriter for the U.K. quartet the Mighty Lemon Drops (1985-92), David Newton fashioned buoyant melodies out of spry chord progressions and jangling riffs for a band largely remembered for being part of the C86 movement. He married an American girl and settled in southern California in 1995, setting aside songwriting and performing […]
Grammy-winning songstress Adele has canceled the rest of her 2011 tour dates because she is undergoing throat surgery. “I’m heartbroken and worried to tell you that yet again I’m experiencing problems with my voice,” the singer said on her blog.
Happy Halloween – hope everything’s ghoul with you: ‣ Zola Jesus, the Wisconsin-bred, L.A.-based purveyor of brooding darkwave, brings her small frame and big pipes to the Echoplex as her fall tour behind the release of her debut album “Conatus” nears an end. That’s the video for her song “Vessel,” above, directed by Jacqueline Castel. […]
The three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate park had more than its share of highlights: M. Ward came out with Conor Oberst and did a Monsters of Folk cover; Amy Millan of Stars came out with Broken Social Scene to do “Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old […]
Even for those who think that the music of Bon Iver is akin to merely a good book – and not the Good Book – there’s was worshipful atmosphere on Sept. 20 when Justin Vernon and crew blew in from Wisconsin, his improbable rise from backwoods troubadour to headliner/Kanye West’s bud/Minister of Introspection reading like […]
Before I get all giddy about tonight’s LA Buzz Bands show on KCSN (88.5 FM) – and I am giddy – some thank-yous are in order. First, thanks to everybody who contributed to KCSN’s “Pump the Power” pledge drive (you can still donate here). And second, tip of the cap to Mark Sovel, aka Mr. […]
Chris Hackman and Shawn Day have covered a lot of ground since they first met in high school in Sheridan, Wyo. Their music as Greenhorse sprang from an online collaboration started in 2009 while Hackman was living in L.A., Day in London and the trio’s third member, Joel Saur, in South Africa. Their EP “Happiness” […]
Show choices for the Eve of Hallow’s Eve Eve: ‣ Thee Oh Sees have their second album of 2011, “Carrion Crawler/The Dream,” en route on Nov. 15 [check out “Carrion Crawler” and “The Dream” on Pitchfork], and the San Francisco quintet plays tonight at the Ukrainian Culture Center. ‣ Also in town from the Bay […]
