Considering their resumés, it is no surprise that Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore – collaborating as Touché – have transcended garden-variety electro on their first album “It’s Fate.” Inscore has played with the likes of Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and, most recently, Twin Shadow (his solo album shouldn’t have been overlooked, either). And Lilly, […]
In the battle between original sin and disco, there are no losers. At least, when said fight is orchestrated by Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore, the multi-instrumentalist art-schoolers whose wry take on electro has been realized in the new project Touché. Longtime friends Lilly and Inscore are familiar faces on the L.A. scene; Lilly for […]
Another busy Monday … ‣ Tift Merritt won plenty of acclaim for last year’s “See You on the Moon,” her fourth album, and her recent turn in the star-studded Big Star tribute in New York City only polished her resumé. The 36-year-old singer-songwriter nears the end of a long tour with roots rocker Stephen Kellogg […]
For Alex Lilly, it’s always been juggling act. Her music fronting the quintet Obi Best darts spryly in and out of pop, jazz and psychedelia. Her career always found her with a lot of balls in the air: duties backing the likes of Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, the Bird and the Bee and Juliette Commagere; […]
Top 5 shows for a busy midweek: ‣ British dance-rock trio Friendly Fires, last spotted here in 2009 flexing their muscles behind their Mercury Prize-nominated debut, return for a show at the Roxy to debut songs off their forthcoming sophomore album. Superhumanoids open. ‣ Great L.A. songwriter night at the Satellite, where Ferraby Lionheart (Remember […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Glenn Tilbrook …] Top 4 spots tonight to have your ears on: ‣ Sacramento’s Julie Baenziger brings Sea of Bees to the Bootleg Theater tonight. That’s Sea of Bees’ video for “Marmalade,” above – I posted the song in June [see also my LA Weekly piece on Jules]. Sea […]
Another bountiful night in the city, starting at the Bootleg Theater (2220 Beverly Blvd.), where Great Northern, Xu Xu Fang and Obi Best come together to play a benefit for the children’s cancer charity the Pablove Foundation. The guys from Division Day will DJ. … At the Knitting Factory, Jonah Matranga reunites Onelinedrawing and opens […]
[Apologies for the radio silence yesterday; I think Buzz Bands’ server problems have been fixed. Here are some delectable options for tonight:] That band with Jack White in it is getting all the attention, but there are several other newsbies filling my ears with hot-licked blues-rock. Band of Skulls, playing L.A. for the umpteenth time […]
[One day left till Coachella, and my schedule sheet looks like a 4-year-old practiced drawing circles, lines and arrows on it. So many tough decisions this year …] Tonight isn’t any easier. My Bloody Valentine shakes the chandeliers at the El Rey Theatre, and the Black Keys have a pre-Coachella show at the Glass House […]
Here’s a comforting midday treat: the new video for Obi Best’s “Green and White Stripes.” The dreamy song, from the L.A. artist’s album “Capades,” gets a matching treatment by director Max Goldblatt. Obi Best is currently touring the country; next L.A. sighting is a March 13 appearance on KXLU-FM.
