Stream: AM, ‘Precious Life’
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Singer-songwriter AM returns in May with “Precious Life,” his first solo album in six years, made with producer/drummer Joey Waronker.
Download: AM & Shawn Lee, ‘You Are in My System’
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The long-distance collaborators released their third album in June. And they visit L.A. for a tour date in October.
Video: AM, ‘Me and My Arrow’
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Any fan of legendary 1970s psychedelic cartoon “The Point” will appreciate AM‘s first offering from his forthcoming album. The L.A. singer-songwriter adds his own brushstrokes to the Harry Nilsson classic, “Me and My Arrow,” with his signature beat-driven folk – and speeds it up just a tad for a modern flourish. AM’s soaring falsetto is […]
SXSW: The Joy Formidable, AM & Shawn Lee, Andy Clockwise
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[Friday night is when SXSW hits you – at least if you were stupid enough to use too much fuel the first two days, which I was. So some best-laid plans went awry, I ended up straying from my usual strategy of avoiding L.A. bands in Austin and only a pep talk from a polite […]
SXSW: 25 L.A. bands to see in Austin (Nos. 1-5)
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The South by Southwest Music Festival, our favorite annual music orgy, kicks off Wednesday in Austin, and Los Angeles will be well-repped. Besides a lot of the familiar names – Queens of the Stone Age, She Wants Revenge, Cold War Kids, the Airborne Toxic Event, Ariel Pink, Fitz & the Tantrums and, yes, even the […]
Premiere: AM & Shawn Lee, ‘Dark Into Light’
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It was a match made in cyberspace: L.A.-based singer-songwriter AM, whose 2010 album “Future Sons & Daughters” mixed and matched soul, psych-pop and folk, and American-born, London-based composer/producer Shawn Lee, known for his soundtrack work and out-there releases on Ubiquity Records. The new collaboration – which still hasn’t been named – has spawned an album’s […]
Tonight in L.A.: Pavement, She & Him, the Willowz
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[Happy tax day. How many of you are spending your return on Coachella?] They’ve escaped Orange County for the friendly confines of NYC, but the Willowz are fondly remembered here. Their latest album “Everyone” came out in December (and maybe got lost in the pre-holiday shuffle), and it’s a howling-good collection of punky psych-rock that […]
This weekend in L.A.: Jay-Z, Metric, Radar Bros., Air, Copeland, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Field Music
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[Can’t remember a busier weekend for good stuff. Really. So wish Stefani Joanne Angelina Germotta – that’s Lady Gaga to you – a happy birthday, and I’ll see you at a show:] Tonight: Metric, who played a surprise set Thursday night at a charity gig at the Roxy, headline the Palladium. Codeine Velvet Club and […]
News bits: Admiral Radley, AM, Sweaterfest, Pixies
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[File under: Things I have seen, heard or read:] There is plenty of intriguing music in the cooker for 2010, but one release I’ll be particularly interested in hearing is the album made by a band called Admiral Radley. The foursome is a collaboration between Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray and Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle […]
Tonight in L.A.: Willie Nelson, Parade of Lights, AM
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[Things I noticed while wondering why Willie Nelson’s show tonight at Club Nokia isn’t sold out …] ’Tis the season for benefit shows and Christmas music. But first, a word from two SoCal bands who are releasing new EPs in time for the holidays. Parade of Lights celebrates its self-titled debut with a show at […]
