It’s pretty much a Friday frenzy: ‣ South Bay punk icons Pennywise are celebrating 25 years – and celebrating having singer Jim Lindberg back in the fold – so the first of two sold-out shows tonight at the Palladium ought to be wall-shakers. Lagwagon opens. ‣Â Femi Kuti & the Positive Force bring the good vibes […]
Incoming: Maximum Hedrum, Run River North, PAPA, Drop the Lime, Kaskade, Calexico, Yo La Tengo, Jake Bugg, Andrew Bird, Pinback, the Parlotones, Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Abandoned Pools, Pennywise, Lady Gaga, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, the Budos Band, Tift Merritt Above: The giant tree in Portland’s Overlook Park is the star […]
Here’s your Monday night full of free (depending on where you roam): ‣ Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd headlines the Fonda Theatre where he’ll be joined by Yeshe. ‣ Kiwis Opossom [check out “Blue Meanies”] and Ghost Wave – along with the just-added Exene Cervenka – are on deck for It’s a School Night at Bardot. […]
Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
It’s been a long road for Tommy Walter, but the multi-instrumentalist (and co-founder of Eels) is on the brink of releasing his third album as Abandoned Pools. “Sublime Currency,” due Aug. 28 on Tooth & Nail Records, follows 2005’s “Armed to the Teeth” and 2001’s “Humanistic,” two releases that while critically well-received fell prone to […]
Kicking off Grammy weekend … ‣ Dr. Dog plays the Orpheum behind its new album “Be the Void.” That’s the Philadelphia outfit’s video for “That Old Black Hole,” above. ‣ Spindrift brings its spaghetti Western psychedelia to the Satellite, celebrating 10-plus years, four albums, movies scores and more with a night full of special guests. […]
Abandoned Pools, the solo venture of songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Tommy Walter, have signed to Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records. The label will release the L.A. native’s third album “Sublime Currency” later this year. Walter, an original member of the Eels, released two albums in first half of last decade on two different labels – 2001’s “Humanistic” helped Abandoned […]
Fans who thought Abandoned Pools didn’t get their due with two albums in the early part of last decade were delighted when Tommy Walter rebooted his project last year. Now the former Eels bassist is plowing ahead with new material for an album titled “Sublime Currency” (no release date scheduled yet). The chiming new single […]
‣ This Just in Dept.: The Viper Room is getting into the webcasting business – a weekly series called “Loud on the Sunset Strip,” which soft-launched last week, is carrying live performances tonight by New Kingdom (pictured), Abused Romance and Submission Red (which kicks things off at 8 p.m.). Like the webcasts from the Natural […]
Even with frontman Tommy Walter [pictured at top] a bit under the weather, Abandoned Pools’ comeback show on Tuesday night at Spaceland was strong. The L.A. quartet, playing live for the first time in five years, sprinkled in some new material with songs from their 2001 and 2005 albums, highlighting a Buzz Bands LA-hosted evening […]
