Stream: Miss Derringer, ‘Nobody to Come’
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Miss Derringer returns on Valentine’s Day with “The Shadow EP,” the first new music from the band since 2009.
Lobsterfest kicks off tonight with best lineup yet
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Few community festivals outside of Silver Lake can boast a better music lineup that this weekend’s edition of Lobsterfest at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. Oh, the waterfront affair still has a family-friendly vibe – it’s just that thanks to music curator Mark Sovel, the former music director of the sorely missed […]
John Doe & Exene Cervenka top Lobsterfest lineup that includes Fitz, Dengue Fever, Gram Rabbit, more
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This just in: The music lineup for the 2010 Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival – Lobsterfest to everybody who got buttery fingers in past years – is its most impressive yet, featuring John Doe & Exene Cervenka anchoring a roster of some of SoCal’s most promising up-and-comers and genre-diverse indie artists. The three-day shindig […]
This weekend in L.A.: Fitz & the Tantrums, Gram Rabbit, Kenan Bell, Bell Gardens, the New Limb
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[Birthday greetings go out Saturday to Social D’s Mike Ness. Long may you rock. Here’s what’s up for this busy weekend:] Today: Strap on the bunny ears – our dancey desert friends Gram Rabbit have a new album on the way, their fourth. It’s called “Miracles & Metaphors,” and the Joshua Tree quartet celebrates with […]
Video: Miss Derringer, ‘Click Click (Bang Bang)’
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Miss Derringer’s delirious cocktail of girl-group, surf and Western styles – all dressed up for that punk-rock carnival they’re having in an alley downtown – is seldom more urgent than on the single “Click Click (Bang Bang),” the leadoff track on the band’s 2009 album, “Winter Hill.” Husband-and-wife collaborators Liz McGrath and Morgan Slade and […]
The Sunset Junction function
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That annual collision of people, pavement and pop music known as Sunset Junction is upon us. The two-day street fair may very well be on its last legs – I frankly don’t know what to make of all the political wrasslin’ – so I vote that we just enjoy it while we can. At 20 […]
News bits: Lollapalooza, Kenan Bell, Living Things
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That was fast. Yeah Yeah Yeahs have replaced Beastie Boys as co-headliners at Lollapalooza. The Beasties were forced to cancel their upcoming tour because Adam “MCA” Yauch is undergoing treatment for a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. ‣ Nice gig: Local rapper Kenan Bell has been tabbed as the opening act for the upcoming […]
Miss Derringer piles on the dark charm
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The songs of Miss Derringer are filled with tears, and blood, and an unhealthy dose of weaponry and various sharp objects. The Los Angeles quintet, not unlike the visual art of its frontwoman Liz McGrath, roots around in a sort of Gothic-tinged Americana while applying a whimsical veneer to its tales of felonies, misdemeanors and […]
Delta Spirit confirmed for Sunset Junction
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Add another name to the lineup for the Sunset Junction Street Fair – breakout San Diego folk-rockers Delta Spirit [pictured]. The quintet, who supported the Shins on their recent tour and also played Bonnaroo, is still making hay with its twice-released (once by themselves, then last year by Rounder) debut “Ode to Sunshine.” They join […]
New bits: Sunset Junction, Princeton, Pehrspace
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If I had to guess, I’d say Sunset Junction is going to happen this year. I know its status still seems to be a subject of debate in some circles, but suffice to say things will be worked out in time for the big charity street fair Aug. 22-23. Can’t get anyone to clue me […]
