Last year Mississippi Man busted out of Fullerton with a truckload of sweet melodies, endearing harmonies and a twangy EP, “The Snake Oil Salesman” that earned them immediate comparisons to indie folk/blues merchants Delta Spirit and Cold War Kids. Since, they’ve had a flirtation with an indie record label, played a mess of shows and […]
Top 3 reasons to fly your music flag on Flag Day: ‣ The loaded lineup at tonight’s We Barbarians residency at Spaceland, which includes Long Beach folk-rockers the Fling and O.C. five-piece the Union Line [pictured], as well as Sucker for Pumps. ‣ The loaded lineup at tonight’s Line and Circle residency at the Silverlake […]
[Birthday shouts to Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Tim Burgess of the Charlatans …] Today: Where to start this evening’s bulging schedule except with Animal Collective? Having hit the Troubadour and the Music Box @ Fonda earlier in the year, the critical darlings now sell out the Wiltern. … The buzziest shows of the night […]
[Heard, or overheard, on the streets of Austin:] ‣ U.K. shoegazers Amusement Parks on Fire are working with producer Michael Patterson (Beck, BRMC, She Wants Revenge) and has an EP due in June. Silversun Pickups frontman Brian Aubert sings on one of the tracks, “Flashlight Planetarium.” ‣ L.A.’s Buddy has a new album en route” […]
