It’s the final Monday of July: ‣Â System of a Down hasn’t released an album in seven years, but the band plays its only U.S. show of 2013 tonight at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ It’s the big finale of Miner’s residency at the Bootleg Bar, where Yellow Red Sparks, yOya and Sami join in on the […]
Incoming: System of a Down, Sunset Strip Music Festival, HARD Summer, Writer, Bad Rabbits, Sebadoh, Franz Ferdinand, We the Kings, Dr. John, Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, Son Volt, Shye Ben-Tzur, El-P, the Decoders, Ours, Casey Veggies, the Sword, ZZ Top, Tony Bennett, the Presets, Kitten, the Icarus Line, Daughn Gibson, Blackalicious, José James, Ozomatli, Scott […]
[Here are few covers that have crossed our radar and enjoyed…] Writer, “Disparate Youth (Santigold cover)” – Scuzzy punk brothers Jame and Andy Ralph of San Diego’s Writer take on Santigold’s pop song. The guitar stabs are still there, but they’re just drowned in fuzz and drone this time around. You can watch the E. […]
[Here’s our long-delayed wrap-up on October’s Culture Collide fest:] Last month’s second annual Culture Collide festival staged by Filter found the chewy center for two groups of music fans – sonic explorers bent on discovering new bands, and expatriates of the 24 nations represented by the bands playing the neighborhoody, eight-venue event in Echo Park. […]
Friday fun: ‣ Filter’s Culture Collide festival continues its multinational merriment at various venues in Echo Park, highlighted by some some folks you probably already know (Yacht, Avi Buffalo, Ximena Sarinana, the Postelles) and some you might want to investigate – including Australia’s WIM (that’s their video for “See You Hurry,” above), Demark’s the Asteroids […]
This qualifies as a Monster Monday: ‣ Bon Iver plays the first of two L.A. dates, tonight at the Shrine, and equally good, for our money, are tourmates Other Lives, whose album “Tamer Animals” will end up near the top of BBLA’s 2011 lists. ‣ James Blake and Teengirl Fantasy do a second night at […]
Happy Monday .. no, I really mean that: ‣ Louisiana-based quintet Givers bring the exuberant pop off their debut album “In Light” to the Troubadour – it’s their second swing through L.A. in three months (they were good at the Bootleg in June), and this time they’ll get to do the Jimmy Kimmel Show (on […]
Labor Day shows you can catch if you’re not seeing the Beach Boys at the L.A. County Fair: ‣ Jonathan Bates brings the devastating electro of his new project Big Black Delta to the Satellite, kicking off a monthlong residency celebrating the release of its first album “BBDLP1.” Kate Crash and Tennis System open. [If […]
[Happy birthday to Pete Yorn, 37 years old today. Here’s what’s up tonight …] Your midweek mix: ‣ It’s a homecoming of sorts for Richie James Follin, the O.C. native who fronts (fronted?) the Willowz for four albums and now lives on the other coast making doo wop-meets-Kinks music as Guards. Guards have more substance […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Lou Reed, Chris Martin and Jon Bon Jovi. Now that’s a trio …] This month’s residencies start in a big way: At Spaceland, where Nico Stai has the headlining slot, Hesta Prynn (pictured, of Northern State) gets the ball rolling early [Download: “Seven Sisters”]. Pop Noir and Eastern Conference […]
