Beat Club has the beats, by golly, and they don’t sound like they came from some computer application. The new indie-dance trio is a little bit punk, a little bit garage and a heftier amount of disco, with ’80s-vintage bass lines rolling under scratchy guitar riffs. Beat Club is the new collaboration from ex-Low Vs […]
Anthony Polcino emerged from the shadow of his role as guitarist in Low Vs Diamond last autumn, when, doing business as Soft Pipes, he self-released a very good homemade album “When You’re Done Here You Get to Go Home.” Since then, abetted by Christopher Pappas and Miracle Parade, Polcino has assembled a live band and […]
New Jersey native Anthony Polcino kept his own music in the background while he played guitar in the Los Angeles’ Low Vs Diamond, but when that quintet “slowed down, or fizzled out” after touring behind its 2008 album, Polcino says, he got to work in his West Hollywood apartment. ||| Stream/download: “Golden Grace” [audio:http://www.mediafire.com/file/rdnq924dn1c9qt6/Soft%20Pipes%20-%20Golden%20Grace.mp3] His […]
[Birthday cheers go out to Cedric Bixler-Zavala today as we take a look at a busy midweek show lineup …] The album-as-concert concept gets realized at two L.A. venues tonight – the Pixies start a three-night run at the Palladium with their 20-year-old masterwork “Doolittle” on the menu (L.A. duo No Age opens), and Frank […]
Deastro, the nom de tune of synth-wielding 22-year-old Randoph Chabot [pictured] of Detroit, released his debut album, “Moondagger,” this week, and fans of the likes of M83 and New Order will want to have a listen. [Download, via Pitchfork: “Vermillion Plaza.”] Deastro visits Spaceland tonight, supported by Telephone Jim Jesus. … Wilco ends its L.A. […]
[Notebook entries, once sentence apiece …] Wolfmother [visit the site to sign up for the download of the new single “Back Round”] sure was great a couple Fridays ago in the Natural History Museum’s Mammals Hall (imagine that), but I was surprised that the set started and ran so late, since the museum’s First Fridays […]
[We bid April adieu with fond birthday wishes for Willie Nelson …] Quite a night in the city, starting with the sold-out Pablove Foundation benefit at the Echoplex, which will be emceed by Shirley Manson and features Silversun Pickups and Eulogies. … Upstairs at the Echo, it’s a special occasion for two local bands – […]
[Serving up birthday greetings today to Master P. Now for a busy night on the club circuit …] She won me as a fan as South by Southwest, and now Thao Nguyen – that’s Thao With the Get Down Stay Down to the uninitiated – hits the Hotel Cafe for a big show with Samantha […]
Somebody has deep pockets. The teenage L.A. rock band Acidic won an eBay auction to play a main-stage slot at Sunday’s second day of the Bamboozle Left Festival at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – with a bid of more than $13,000. The money benefits the One Love for Chi Foundation, the charity that is helping Deftones […]
[Wednesday doldrums? These two videos will chase them away …] Los Angeles quintet Low Vs Diamond has a busy few months ahead: After a headlining gig Sunday at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, the band heads off on tour with Jack’s Manequin for seven dates and Ben Lee for 13. The fivesome is still […]
