Stream: Giant Waste of Man, ‘Swim’
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Giant Waste of Man’s new single “Swim” is an alternately lulling and pummeling indie-rocker weighted with existentialist wonder. File under: deeply introspective mini-epics.
A brief history of Summer Darling, and why you should check out their forthcoming reissues
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Indie-rockers Summer Darling, staples of the L.A. scene from 2002 to ’10, will reissue their three-album, three-EP catalog in January, with proceeds going to a charity that’s important in the band’s backstory.
Stream: Fakers, ‘Gold Room’
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“Who knows, we just might do the residency and then break up,” a member of Fakers told me after a June show. Whether he was joking is anyone’s guess.
Premiere: Fakers, ‘$600’
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Post-millenial malaise, working-class poverty, creative frustrations — all those grievances are aired in “$600,” the first song to emerge from the new band Fakers, comprised of well-known agitators on L.A.’s indie scene. They are Travis Shettel of Piebald, Cameron Dmytryk of Vanaprasta/Sun Drug, Benjamin Heywood of Summer Darling and brothers Joey and Andy Siara of […]
Premiere: Summer Darling, ‘Outer Dark’
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The Silver Lake/Echo Park scene figured to lose one of its most intensely burning stars in 2012 when Summer Darling announced it was calling it quits. They were an indie rocker’s indie rockers, and their self-titled 2010 album was a brute, emotionally and physically, adhering to a directness and complex musicality seldom heard since the […]
Tonight in L.A.: The Hives, Fiona Apple, Summer Darling, Lobsterfest (Saint Motel, Races, Great Northern), Chelsea Wolfe, Avicii, Peter Murphy
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Friday night: ‣ Swedish rockers the Hives roar into the Wiltern for a close-up – and speaking of close-ups, that’s their video for “Wait a Minute,” above – with L.A. quartet FIDLAR in tow. “Cheap Beer” all around. ‣ Her fans’ hearts still atwitter from July’s show at the Palladium, Fiona Apple comes back around for […]
Tonight in L.A.: Emily Wells, Light Asylum, Ane Brun, Summer Darling, Meiko, Spirit Vine, more
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Tuesday night in the city: ‣ Singer, multi-instrumentalist and looping wizard Emily Wells visits Largo behind her new album “Mama,” which was recorded on a horse ranch in Topanga. That’s her homemade video for “Passenger,” above. Appearing with her: The Portland Cello Project, whose own new album “Homage” features arrangements of hip-hop songs. No kidding: […]
Tonight in L.A.: Vintage Trouble, Summer Darling, Rumspringa, George Stanford, Stonefeather
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Thursday’s toil and trouble: ‣ L.A. four-piece Vintage Trouble spent much of 2011 thrilling audiences in the U.K., where their retro rock ’n’ soul transported Jools Holland fans back to the ’50s and ’60s, they opened for Bon Jovi and they earned reviews comparing singer Ty Taylor to a young James Brown. They bring their […]
Video: Summer Darling, ‘Liberty St.’
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Partied out from the holidays? “Liberty St.,” the gorgeous meditation from Ben Heywood, Dan Rossiter and Summer Darling, will help you take inventory. The new tune from the indie-rockers whose self-titled 2010 album offered an uncompromising look at Heywood’s own battle to keep his life on the rails, is, he says, “dedicated to all our […]
Tonight in L.A.: Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday (with Nik Freitas and more), We Are Augustines, Patrick Wolf, St. Vincent, the Horrors, the Dead Ships
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Your picks for Tuesday: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe goes off with Nik Freitas, the Sister Ruby Band, Ben Heywood of Summer Darling and Adeline & the Philistines. The festivities start at 9; details here. ‣ We Are Augustines, the new project from Pela’s Billy McCarthy and Eric Sanderson […]
