Ever since Olin & the Moon planted themselves in Los Angeles after taking root in Idaho, the quintet has made some of the most earnest, finely crafted Americana in these (and many other) parts. They’ve become scene staples, and often-overlooked ones at that, but their new album “Every One You Know,” which they are self-releasing […]
Incoming: Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party, Holychild, Lissie, Freedy Johnston, Jay Z, Emilie Autumn, Brian Posehn, Brand New, Tapioca & the Flea, the Head and the Heart, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Climbers, the Silent Comedy, Samantha Pearl, the Olms, the Maine, the Mowgli’s, Merle Haggard, Banks, Basia Bulat, Realities, the Visitors, Ari Hest, Third Eye […]
Local folk-rockers Olin & the Moon are a pretty tight crew – and their sweet Americana has always sounded like it – so there’s a pretty good chance there would never have been a David LaBrel solo project if not for that fateful night over a year ago at Harvard & Stone. That was the […]
Top 3 local shows on a good night for them: ‣ If you liked their album “Terrible Town” [and we did], you’re going to like Olin and the Moon’s follow-up “Footsteps” even more. The Idaho-bred, L.A.-based purveyors of sweet Americana have a new album coming in the new year, and the quintet will be playing […]
Dig this: New York City four-piece the Dig – not to be confused with old ’90s faves Dig – named their band in honor of the movie “Dig,” the Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols documentary. (I know, that’s a lot of Digs in one sentence.) The Dig’s sometimes-atmospheric, always-hooky indie-rock only has a little bit in […]
The Silverlake Jubilee arrives with a bang this weekend, the first-year music and arts festival bringing some 50 bands to a three-stage neighborhood fair featuring cutting-edge DJs, comedy, spoken word, film, art and fashion – not to mention three dozen or so food trucks to satiate attendees’ appetites. Buzz Bands LA has joined with Jubilee […]
L.A. quartet Wires in the Walls plant their flag on the same solitary stretch of Americana as bands such as Okkervil River and Magnolia Electric Co., coloring their winsome tunes with horns, accordion and euphonium. Frontman’s Warren Sroka’s fragile vocals remind me of a less clarion David LaBrel (whose tenor makes Olin and the Moon […]
Austin’s spastic garage rockers White Denim, whose album “Fits” was voted most likely to cause eye palpitations, headline the Troubadour tonight, with Brazos opening. … Olin and the Moon‘s pizza-beer-bingo residency continues at the Echo, with O.C. classic-rock kids Dusty Rhodes and the River Band opening. … And the Hot Rats – Gaz Coombes and […]
England-bred folkies Charley and Hattie Webb – the Webb Sisters – are headlining tonight when the Hotel Cafe reopens after its holiday hiatus. The sisters are also supporting Rufus Wainwright at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach on Saturday. … The Viper Room’s “10 Days of 2010” continues with Casxio and Funeral Party offering the […]
Now for something a little bit different: When Olin and the Moon kicks off a Tuesday night residency this week at the Echo, it won’t be the usual four-bands-and-a-cloud-of-dust routine. The tangy, twangy L.A. five-piece will basically be serving as hosts of a pizza, beer and bingo party during which only one support band will […]
