A poor schlub with a heart of gold meets a woman with a body of platinum in Reno, Nev., and after a fling is eventually framed for her murder by her vindictive, estranged husband. He tells his story of woe from death row, the needle only minutes away. Sound like a feature film? It’s actually […]
‣ 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 […]
[Birthday greetings to Phantom Planet bassist Sam Farrar. Meanwhile …] Top 5 reasons to brave the environs tonight: ‣ Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper hits the El Rey Theatre behind the release of its fifth album “Detroyer of the Void.” ‣ Australian sensations-in-the-making Tame Impala play two sold-out shows at the Silverlake Lounge the night after […]
If Tommy Walter didn’t have bad luck … well, he wouldn’t have those hard-luck stories he can tell about his first two albums. Walter, in his nom de tune Abandoned Pools, released two fine albums last decade. “Humanistic” came out in 2001, just before Extasy Records went belly-up. “Armed to the Teeth” followed in 2005, […]
Abandoned Pools – the musical vehicle of Tommy Walter (an original member of Eels) – return from a five-year hiatus to headline “A Night With Buzz Bands LA” on Tuesday, June 15, at Spaceland. Opening the evening will be up-and-coming indie-pop wizards Chasing Kings, followed by the tightly wound guitar rock of L.A. quintet Vanaprasta. […]
[Happy birthday, Elton John. Meanwhile, in L.A., my head’s going to explode from the overwhelming selection of good-to-great shows tonight:] First, two indie bands with new albums I highly recommend: The Morning Benders (with Miniature Tigers and We Barbarians supporting, play the Troubadour; and the Deadly Syndrome [Chris Richard, pictured] celebrating the release of “Nolens […]
A packed house at the Echo on Tuesday witnessed a night of exuberant pop-rock headlined by Glacier Hiking and hosted by Buzz Bands LA. Kitten kicked off the evening, with 15-year-old frontwoman Chloe Chaidez affirming her band as a contender; Haim rocked the room with its outsized classic rock songs and rocker-girl attitude; Glacier Hiking’s […]
Justin Mentell, the 27-year-old actor who died earlier this month in an SUV accident in rural Wisconsin, will be remembered on Tuesday by the L.A. band he had supported so often. Glacier Hiking will donate part of the proceeds from its headlining show at the Echo to a memorial fund set up in the actor’s […]
Chloe Chaidez, lead singer for the newbie rock quartet Kitten, sounds like an old hand. She makes her days of singing and playing bass in the cover band Wild Youth seem like ancient history. Back in the day, she’ll tell you, her dad tried to foist Morrissey’s music on her, and only recently has she […]
Buzz Bands LA emerges from a brief winter hibernation to invite you to the Echo on Tuesday, Feb. 23, for a night of melody and merriment featuring Glacier Hiking, Haim, Kitten and Go West Young Man, along with selections from DJ Boutros Boutros-Rock. It’s an 18+ show, and gets under way at 8:30 p.m. Tickets […]
