Ears Wide Open: Ciao Howdy
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Ciao Howdy, the new collaboration between T-Bone Preston (Rainbow Arabia) and Dylan Ryan (Cursive, Fatal Jamz, Man Man) debuts next week with a two-song release that feels like 1990 gold.
Tonight in L.A.: The Record Company, Rig 1, Death Valley Girls
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Also on Thursday: Rainbow Arabia, Hayley Kiyoko, Jesu, White Lung, Amanda Shires, Water Slice, the Absurd, Will Dailey
This Week’s Shows: Nov. 14-20
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Incoming: Temple of the Dog, HAIM, Sturgill Simpson, Gusgus, the Active Set, Steady Holiday, William Fitzsimmons, Clean Bandit, Cloud Nothings, Psychic Love, the Record Company, Body/Head, Death Valley Girls, Rainbow Arabia, LANY, Bad Suns, L7
Stream: Rainbow Arabia, ‘Plena’
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Los Angeles duo Rainbow Arabia release their first new music in three years on Nov. 11. It’s a compelling 1980s-inspired batch of songs.
Tonight in L.A.: Gold Panda, Sara Bareilles, Motorhead, Devendra Banhart, Rainbow Jackson
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A more diverse quartet of shows I could not possible imagine: ‣ U.K. producer Gold Panda [pictured] visits the Echo – his new album “Half of Where You Live” comes out June 11, and you can stream the single “Brazil” here. D33J and Slayron open. ‣ Just the hard stuff a Club Nokia, where Motorhead, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Neil Sedaka, Tycho, Rainbow Arabia
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Your Sunday options: ‣ Tycho, the ambient electro project of San Francisco’s Scott Hansen, does the first of two sold-out nights at the Troubadour, with Doombird supporting. ‣ Rainbow Arabia’s new album “FM Sushi” won’t be out until April 15, but the the band will be performing it in its entirety tonight at Part Time […]
Video: Rainbow Arabia, ‘Without You’
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On several occasions, the music of Rainbow Arabia has sent me running from the room, its mish-mosh of beats and seemingly willful abrasiveness adding up to hipster posing rather than anything truly avant-garde. (Their theater-clearing supporting set for Julian Casablancas in late 2009 was evidence my ears were not alone.) That said, the husband-and-wife team […]
News bits: Mississippi Man, Grouplove, Cults, Frightened Rabbit, the Naked and Famous, Social D
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[Saturday notebook … updated] ‣ Orange County-bred folk-rock quintet Mississippi Man [pictured], who put out their debut album “A-OK” this summer, is calling it quits. The band’s final show will be Sunday at the Bootleg Theater. Said David Knight via e-mail: “We felt like we went as far as we could with MM.” ‣ Grouplove, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Blonde Redhead, Chasing Kings, Sea of Cortez, Black Apples, LA Font, Ed Vallance
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Top show that’s probably worth the road trip: ‣ Blonde Redhead (with Olof Arnalds opening) plays the Glass House in Pomona. The trio’s new album”Penny Sparkle” is more ambient than “23” (the Buzz Bands album of the year in ’07) – easy stuff in which to lose yourself, as the five songs they perform in […]
Tonight in L.A.: Athlete, We Barbarians, Sweaters
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[Brandon Flowers, 29 years old today. In an amazing coincidence, “Crossfire,” the first single from his forthcoming solo album, was released to iTunes today.] Top 3 ways to mark your official start of summer: ‣ London quartet Athlete (latest album “Black Swan,”) brings its lovely Britpop to the Troubadour. ‣ The lineup for tonight’s Week […]
