Stream: Great Northern, ‘ANIML’
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Great Northern return with the heavy new single “ANIML.” It’s the sound of seething.
Stream: Great Northern, ‘Champ,’ ‘Run Baby Run’ and more
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L.A. duo Great Northern return from with four new songs — brooding and dark, but danceable. With a festival date in May, they have more music on the way later this year.
2015: Five albums we should have told you about sooner
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There were plenty of L.A. releases we didn’t get to in 2015. Here are five we get to, belatedly: Check out music from Mike Coulter, Great Northern, Edith Crash, Atomic Tom and Rami Dearest.
Gallery: Lobsterfest, with Saint Motel, Dum Dum Girls, the Blasters, Races, NO, Lili Haydn and more
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The weekend of Lobsterfest was hot. And, as it turns out, buttery and delicious. The annual carnival-meets-feeding frenzy-meets-musical festival drew thousands to Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro, and the tasty crustaceans were just a side dish for music fans. The lineup of local bands, again curated by Mark Sovel, proved heat was no […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Hives, Fiona Apple, Summer Darling, Lobsterfest (Saint Motel, Races, Great Northern), Chelsea Wolfe, Avicii, Peter Murphy
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Friday night: ‣ Swedish rockers the Hives roar into the Wiltern for a close-up – and speaking of close-ups, that’s their video for “Wait a Minute,” above – with L.A. quartet FIDLAR in tow. “Cheap Beer” all around. ‣ Her fans’ hearts still atwitter from July’s show at the Palladium, Fiona Apple comes back around for […]
Download: Great Northern, ‘Holes’
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Great Northern have been away a while. The indie-rock band anchored by Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte carved out a niche, at least locally, with two albums of shimmering popgazing, “Trading Twilight for Daylight” (2007) and “Remind Me Where the Light Is” (2009). Today they unveiled the first song from their long-in-the-works follow-up – “We […]
Youngblood Hawke, Great Northern, Lili Haydn and Sara Radle added to lineup for Lobsterfest
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Youngblood Hawke, along with Great Northern, Lili Haydn, Sara Radle and Davis Fetter, have been added to the lineup for Lobsterfest the weekend of Sept. 14-16 at Ports O’Call Village in San Pedro. They join previously announced bands the Blasters,  Dum Dum Girls, Saint Motel, NO, Races, JJAMZ and Jail Weddings at the annual waterfront […]
Tonight in L.A.: Mavis Staples, Great Northern, Sabrosa Purr, Matt Ellis, Voxhaul Broadcast
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Tonight’s top shows: ‣ Mavis Staples, the 71-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who just won her first Grammy (for “You’re Not Alone,” her collaboration with Jeff Tweedy), plays an early show at the Satellite. ‣ Later the Satellite, the Entrance Band kicks off a Thursday night residency. ‣ L.A. rockers Great Northern and […]
Tonight in L.A.: We Barbarians, Shadow Shadow Shade, Bobby Long, the Black Box Revelation
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Tonight’s musical menu: ‣ It’s the final L.A. show for We Barbarians before the Long Beach trio relocated to New York City – they have a new single and big plans. San Diego’s Lesands and O.C. rockers the Union Line support. ‣ There’s a formidable lineup for the first night of Shadow Shadow Shade’s residency […]
Tonight in L.A.: Screaming Females, Great Northern, Chief, the Belle Brigade/the Fling, Tic Tic Boom
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[Birthday greetings today go out to Stephin Merritt …] Calling it just another manic Monday: ‣ New Jersey punk rockers Screaming Females (that’s their video for “Wild,” above) bring their riot grrrl-inspired shredding to the Echoplex, supported by La Sera and Lovely Bad Things. ‣ Expect to hear some new songs when Great Northern plays […]
