[It’s one busy show-going weekend. Again.] Top 6 places to be in you’re into supporting your neighborhood bands: ‣ The Parson Red Heads, the psych-pop band who moved from Oregon to L.A. band five years ago, are moving back to Oregon next month. They headline Spaceland tonight, with Le Switch and the World Record supporting, […]
Lucas Guerin grew up in the Los Angeles area as the son of French parents, studied theater and filmmaking and although reared in a musical household didn’t pick up an instrument until he was 20. And when he closes his eyes, he hears … Kool & the Gang, Sly & the Family Stone, Prince? “I’m […]
For all the juice the supposedly revitalized, social media-fueled Sunset Strip is enjoying these days, it remains on many nights a living museum for rock clichés. Tired metal, un-ironic Spinal Tapestry, decadence-celebrating party rock and rap – often, the welcome mat is out, and the audiences here, straining to hear echoes of the days the […]
With too much music for the incredible shrinking record industry to nurture, artists are increasingly turning to fan-funded strategies to help get their work manufactured and marketed.. Add disco-funk quartet Casxio, indie-rockers the Deadly Syndrome [that’s their new Aurelien Levitan-directed video for “Armrest,” above”] and singer-songwriter Bleu to the list of artists trying to finance […]
It’s a rather odd pairing – Seattle’s Minus the Bear, with its tongue-in-cheek, sometimes-obtuse prog-pop, touring with L.A. quintet Everest, whose heartfelt Americana is about as earnest as earnest gets. But that’s what’s on tap tonight at the Mayan Theatre. Both bands are touring behind new albums, Minus the Bear’s rather hit-and-miss “Omni” and Everest’s […]
This month’s heaping helping of appetizing residencies continues: At the Echo, where Useless Keys headline and Light FM supports, there’s a set from band called L.E.F. – which features members of the late Viva K, a quartet that had a good thing going about four years ago (an album on Stinky Records, some love from […]
[In between all the Grammy prepping and posturing, there is a massive amount of live music to enjoy. Don’t know where to start, really, except to wish Justin Timberlake a happy birthday on Sunday – maybe he can take home one of those cute gramophone trophies from the big awards show …] Tonight: The big […]
England-bred folkies Charley and Hattie Webb – the Webb Sisters – are headlining tonight when the Hotel Cafe reopens after its holiday hiatus. The sisters are also supporting Rufus Wainwright at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach on Saturday. … The Viper Room’s “10 Days of 2010” continues with Casxio and Funeral Party offering the […]
[Birthday shout-out to L.A. musician/producer Aaron Embry today. Meanwhile, there is an enormous confluence of concerts for a Monday night — here goes:] The first time I saw U.K. punk-rockers the Cribs play in Los Angeles, frontman Gary Jarman bloodied himself on the microphone, and it was love at first gush. It’s not likely that […]
[This weekend’s concert calendar is more crowded than the 405 on a Friday afternoon. Superstars, stars, shoulda-been-stars, rising stars, fading stars – this weekend has it all. And it’s topped off by Sunday’s performance at the Greek by modern-day supergroup Monsters of Folks … see below for the word on the street about that. Here’s […]
