Gallery: The Twilight Singers at the Music Box
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The Twilight Singers gave a taut, powerful performance on Wednesday night at the Music Box, with Greg Dulli and crew pounding through a set that featured a cameo by Mark Lanegan and included material from their latest album “Dynamite Steps.” Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s opened, and L.A.’s Jonneine Zapata, fronting a trio, […]
SXSW: Red boots, Red Cortez, red feet
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I’m on assignment for SPIN.com this week at SXSW – as well as trying to squeeze in some coverage for the mothership Buzz Bands LA. I filed several bits Wednesday for SPIN, so fans of the Happy Hollows, the Morning Benders and Everybody Was in the French Resistance … Now [that’s Eddie Argos, above], should […]
Tonight in L.A.: She & Him, Andy Clockwise, Pop Noir
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[Off to SXSW soon – I’m warmed up, and some local bands are getting there too …] Their sophomore album “Volume Two” comes out March 23, and She & Him – that’s Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, if you don’t remember them from the Paste magazine cover, and that’s their video for their rather saccharine […]
News bits: Monolith, Bonnaroo, Neil Young tribute, Devendra Banhart, free music galore, Dublab
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Colorado’s Monolith Festival is in trouble. Organizers of the three-year-old event, plagued the past two years by fractious Rocky Mountain weather, told fans in an e-mail “the future of the festival is very grim,” and that they have “been unable to secure any options” that dig the fest out of its financial hole. Included was […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Gossip, Tegan and Sara, more
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[I’m back from vacation, although I’m not sure my brain is yet, and here to wish Natalie Merchant a happy birthday and offer a wide-ranging menu of show options for tonight:] The Gossip’s big-sounding major label debut, “Music for Men” [download below], came out this month on Columbia, and the dance-punkers headline the Fonda tonight. […]
Tonight in L.A.: Snow Patrol, Brazilian Girls, Le Roux
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Snow Patrol plays the Wiltern in advance of the Nov. 10 release of their best of compilation “Up to Now” and the Nov. 3 release of their (wait for it) DJ mix CD, “Late Night Tales”. There are several new recordings between these two releases, which means there may just be a few surprises tonight. […]
Tonight in L.A.: Thom Yorke, SVIIB, Jonneine Zapata
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[It’s Colin Meloy’s birthday, so we send best wishes to him as we dive headlong into a new week …] Three excellent residencies start in Silver Lake/Echo Park environs, all featuring artists whose albums I have touted in this space. Jonneine Zapata [album, tour diary], fresh off the road with Soulsavers, does Mondays this month […]
Tour diary: Jonneine Zapata with Soulsavers, VII
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[Nothing like a little quality time with Steve Albini to end your tour. Following is the final installment of the journal Jonneine Zapata kept while she and her band were on tour with Soulsavers. Miss any? They’re all here.] Sept. 25 Could not have been happier to get on our way to Toronto (also, I’ve […]
Tour diary: Jonneine Zapata with Soulsavers, VI
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[The next-to-last installment of Jonneine Zapata’s journal …] Sept. 22, New York City Lord have mercy on our poor little souls – there’s just no parking the van in the city! We’re in a speculative spot right in front of the club (Bowery Ballroom), but technically you can’t park there until 7 p.m. It’s 5 […]
