Josh Ostrander, aka Mondo Cozmo, went from working two landscaping jobs to performing in front of 90,000 people in under two years. His album “Plastic Soul” lands Friday. How in the name of broken sprinkler heads did this happen?
Buzz Bands LA’s year-end list of Los Angeles albums is a solo project this year. So enjoy the scribblings of your friendly neighborhood rock-centric uncle.
“Love in Wartime,” ECC’s third full-length, came out today, accompanied by the surprising announcement that the L.A. trio is disbanding.
Happy MLK Day: ► Sego winds up its residency at the Bootleg HiFi with a stellar lineup featuring friends Francisco the Man, Eastern Conference Champions and Bizzy Kiddo. [UPDATE: Michael Fiore of Criminal Hygiene will be playing a solo set in place of Bizzy Kiddo.] ► Holychild‘s residency continues at the Echo with Mereki and Dream Machines […]
A most bountiful Tuesday: ‣ Art-rockers Kan Wakan close out a big year with a show at the Troubadour behind their album “Moving On.” Singer-pianist Niia opens. ‣ L.A. rockers Dear Boy have a bunch of new songs in their arsenal, and they will unveil some tonight at the Bootleg HiFi, where Nightmare Air and […]
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Dave Stewart & Friends, Madi Diaz, Sego, Opeth, Augustana, Eric Hutchinson, Kan Wakan, Dear Boy, Eastern Conference Champions, JMSN, James Blake, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, the Ataris, Ryn Weaver, Big Search, FMLYBND, Kingdoms, Howie Day, Ryan Adams, Jenny Lewis, Allah-Las, the Icarus Line, Black Belt Karate, Pepper, Gaby Moreno, De Lux, […]
On the heels of having released their first new music in two years, Eastern Conference Champions are continuing a band tradition of writing and releasing an original holiday song every year. As last year’s “Saving Christmas” indicated, they take their musical Christmas card seriously. This year, it’s ECC’s typically guitar-heavy “Christmas Time,” which will be […]
Eastern Conference Champions’ noisy elegies to the human condition draw equally from classic rock and the abrasive alt-rock of the 1990s. Over a decade that has seen the core duo of singer-guitarist Joshua Ostrander and drummer Greg Lyons (now joined by guitarist Melissa Dougherty and bassist Phillip Munsey II) release two full-lengths and four EPs, […]
Wednesday’s likely candidates: ‣ Their album “Seeds” due out next month, TV on the Radio rocks the Fonda Theatre, with Natasha Kmeto opening. ‣ Banks does a second night at the Wiltern. ‣ Twenty years after the release of “Illmatic,” Nas is finishing up a tour that features a screening of the documentary “Nas: Time […]
Incoming: Alt-J, Pentatonix, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Metronomy, White Denim, Banks, Dry the River, Hanni El Khatib, Olin & the Moon, Hobart W Fink, TV on the Radio, Nas, Eastern Conference Champions, Fever the Ghost, the Acid, Matt Ellis, the Brave Ones, Ceci Bastida, Matisyahu, Jessie Ware, the Melvins, Le Butcherettes, Kimbra, Sloan, Tom Vek, Movement, Colin […]
