Nada Robot — the new project from the Farmer siblings (Island Apollo, The Bolts) and extended family — debut this week with “Got It Good,” an old-meets-new school rocker that isn’t short on moxie.
Here’s the first Monday in July, hope it’s good for ya: ‣ Indie-rock quartet LA Font kicks off its residency at the Satellite, supported by the Black & the White, Fim and Lime Cordiale. ‣ At the Bootleg, it’s residents Hi Ho Silver Oh, along with Fellow Bohemian, Cassorla and Rainman. ‣ Corners [pictured] kick […]
Incoming: Zak Waters, Cher, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Corners, LA Font, S. Carey, the Bolts, Kilo Virga, Skin N Bones, KISS, Def Leppard, Joshua bell, Town in the City, Los Mysterious, Prayers, The Herbert Bail Orchestra, Peter Matthew Bauer, John Murry, GoldStar, The Mowgli’s, Waters, Cloud Nothings, METZ, The Count Basie Orchestra, Via Echo, Charlie […]
‣ Elbow visits the Wiltern behind its new album “The Take Off and Landing of Everything,” the band’s sixth. Above, the video for “New York Morning.” ‣ Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, the new album “Stay Gold” arriving in two weeks, plays the El Rey Theatre, supported by Willy Mason. ‣ Willie Watson (ex-Old […]
Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious […]
A very indie Tuesday: ‣ Indie-rock quartet the Lonely Forest [pictured] play the Bootleg Bar behind their new Chris Walla-produced “Adding Up the Wasted Hours,” with Cumulus supporting. ‣ San Francisco folk-elecronic trio Geographer headlines the Echoplex, supported by Royal Bangs. ‣ Cymbals Eat Guitars bring their ’90s-flavored indie-rock tot he Satellite, with Mrs. Magician […]
Incoming: Desaparecidos, Charli XCX, Deerhoof, Diego Garcia, Geographer, Teen Daze, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Bolts, the Lonely Forest, Destroyer, Meat Puppets, Switchfoot, Atlas Genius, Blink 182, Selena Gomez, the Parson Red Heads, Blitzen Trapper, Crocodiles, Mazzy Star, the Gaslamp Killer, Those Darlins, Tired Pony, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jonathan Wilson, GZA, the Lonely […]
Today’s going to be a scorcher, but there are plenty of shows to keep you cool: ‣ The Walkmen and Milo Greene do a second SoCal show together this week. This time they’re at the Observatory in Orange County. ‣ Canadian electronic band Austra [pictured above] brings their “dark wave” to the El Rey Theatre. […]
As long as there is modern rock radio, there will be bands who seem to exist for the expressed purpose of making it there. That’s not to disparage Orange County-bred quintet the Bolts, who dispense full-throttle rock ’n’ roll better than most, especially for their young age. There’s no indie navel-gazing here, just three brothers […]
[Second of two parts] The past few years, in the halcyon days when I toiled for the local newspaper, I wrote an annual L.A. music review, handicapping the bands I thought might, for one reason or another, have the stuff to break out of the local scene. Following are my Bands to Watch 2009 [and […]
