Stephen Malkmus unfurls his new Instagram face filter, his ear for traditional acoustic instruments and spills open a mind full of modern market jargon in his latest single, “Shadowbanned,” off his upcoming album “Traditional Techniques,” out March 6 via Matador.
Spiral Stairs’ “Doris & the Daggers” is the Pavement guitarist’s first album in eight years. He plays Resident on Thursday along with the Henry Clay People.
It figures, with 20-year anniversaries and all, that there are odes to 1994 cropping up everywhere. It was arguably the peak of the “alternative rock” thing, and both influential chart-topping bands and underground acts were performing at their height. One nod to that year comes by way of L.A. duo of Dan Crane and Amanda […]
It was loud and rowdy at the El Rey Theatre on Friday when Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks took the stage in support of their latest album “Wig Out At Jagbags.” Despite two earthquakes during Speedy Ortiz‘s opening set, the noise prevailed and any noticeable vibrations were traveling from the venue’s subwoofers. (Although if you […]
Who: Pavement at the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: “Gold Soundz.” I’ll Remember This Forever Because: Well, I could make a shot for extreme eloquence here, buttressed with adjective-riddled hyperbole. Instead: I’ll remember this forever because, man, this was f*cking Pavement. Playing their songs to a criminally small audience (thanks, Phoenix) with an […]
Review and photographs by Jeff Miller A quarter of the way through their set last night at the Fox Theater in Pomona, Pavement – perhaps the most cultishly adored mid-’90s indie-rock band, just now reunited for the first time in a decade or so – began playing their song “Shady Lane” a bassline-driven surrealist ode […]
G is for Goldenvoice. G is for all the grousing I heard about the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival lineup when it was announced three months ago (all but silenced now). G is for all the grumbling about the festival’s new policy to not sell one-day passes (still hearing that). And G is for […]
[Happy tax day. How many of you are spending your return on Coachella?] They’ve escaped Orange County for the friendly confines of NYC, but the Willowz are fondly remembered here. Their latest album “Everyone” came out in December (and maybe got lost in the pre-holiday shuffle), and it’s a howling-good collection of punky psych-rock that […]
I spent Saturday revisiting the Mixtape That Changed My Life, teetering between tears and the urge to fly into a stereo-smashing rage. The 110-minute cassette is titled “KPEN 1992,” and it was a gift from my friend and former colleague Mike Penner. Penner, the Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made headlines in 2007 when he […]
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. […]
