Incoming: Drake, the Limousines, Deltron 3030, Naturally 7, Ras G, Paws, Eastern Conference Champions, Yonas Michael, Pr0files, Jesus Suns, MONA, 3OH!3, the Futures League, Alice Cooper, Walla, Fever the Ghost, Run River North, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Bone Thugs-N- Harmony, Dom Kennedy, Morbid Angel, Ryan Beatty, Joan Sebastian, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Michael Buble, Rusko, American Tomahawk, […]
Incoming: Arcade Fire, HARD Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, Ronnie Spector, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Slayer, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bonobo, Danny Elfman, Megadeth, CocoRosie, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Iron & Wine, the Cartel, Andy Clockwise, Geronimo Getty, the Neighbourhood, Gov’t Mule, Lewis Watson, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kirin J. Callinan, Falling in […]
Some may recognize Matthew “Cornbread” Compton as one-half of Electric Guest. Some may know him as the drummer from Engine Down while others may know his work as a film composer. Whatever his name may be attached to, Compton has a great resumé so far. His latest project goes by the moniker Realities, a venture […]
Friday night, what else to say? ‣ Indie R&B sensations Rhye play to a sold-out El Rey Theatre behind their acclaimed debut “Woman.” ‣ Her new album “Girl Talk” just out in May, Kate Nash headlines the Troubadour. ‣ Bay Area prog rockers Tea Leaf Green, whose new album “In the Wake” comes out next […]
Considering their resumés, it is no surprise that Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore – collaborating as Touché – have transcended garden-variety electro on their first album “It’s Fate.” Inscore has played with the likes of Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and, most recently, Twin Shadow (his solo album shouldn’t have been overlooked, either). And Lilly, […]
[More of those cover songs we promised, some downloadable:] The Living Sisters, “Can You Get to That” – Imagine that, the Living Sisters taking on Funkadelic. Well, if you know the respective works of the all-star ensemble, nothing will surprise you. Becky Stark released a Lavender Diamond album this year; Eleni Mandell weighed in with her […]
Thursday, Thursday: ‣ They call Charles Bradley “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” and the 64-year-old singer lands at UCLA’s Royce Hall tonight for a show that also features Daptone Records labelmates the Menahan Street Band, the New York City-based purveyors of instrumental funk and soul. Above, artists Mike Perry, Jim Stoten and Josh Cochran work […]
It’s quite possible that Touché would’ve have made a bigger splash by now if the principals weren’t so busy not being Touché. Alex Lilly (Obi Best, the Bird and the Bee, the Living Sisters, et al) is the distaff half of the electro-pop duo, with Bram Inscore (Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and, currently, Twin […]
‣ Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin visits the Troubadour behind her recently released album “Little Spark,” made with producer Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe) and arrangements by Richard Swift. The video for the song “Hurry Hurry” was directed by Scarlett Johansson. The Watson Twins open tonight’s show. ‣ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. swings back […]
A deliriously busy Tuesday: ‣ Wilco plays to a sold-out Palladium behind last September’s release of the band’s eighth album, “The Whole Love.” White Denim opens. ‣ Few purveyors of guitar-driven pop and heavenly jangle are as adept at plastering smiles on the faces of fans as Tommy Keene. The veteran songwriter released a highly […]
