When does a flashback feel like a step forward? When a new album from Bettie Serveert lands in your mailbox. The Dutch indie-rockers (the name translates to “Bettie Served” and is an homage to Dutch tennis great Betty Stove) carved out a space on my shelves with three great releases on Matador from 1992 to […]
It’s a night to celebrate sibling pop at its best – the Watson Twins’ new album “Talking to You, Talking to Me” came out this week on Vanguard, and the follow-up to 2008’s “Fire Songs,” made with Everest guys J. Soda and Russell Pollard, finds sisters Chandra and Leigh exploring territory that’s a bit less […]
We’re in a just-happy-to-be-here mood this morning – Buzz Bands LA returns to Indie1031.com at 10 a.m. today for two hours of new music, local music and soon-to-hit-L.A. music. Playlists will be posted here in the afternoon; this morning, expect to hear a heaping helping of new local music, as well as some jams from […]
You’ve got to love a band that doesn’t waste your time, and East L.A. trio the Franks charge in and out of your stereo faster than I got over Lady Gaga. The five songs on their second EP, “Duh,” clock in at under 10 minutes, but what the Franks lack in attention span they make […]
The new album from Eels, “End Times” (out in January), doesn’t futz with the sonic formula Mark Oliver Everett has used to craft his estimable eight-album catalogue, but as much as the L.A. songwriter has ever done, he gives you the feel that you’re looking over his shoulder at his journal entries. “End Times’” meditations […]
Wesley Eisold and Cold Cave are coming back to town this week, so I thought I’d round up the available tracks from the Philadephia-based artist. The band’s debut album “Love Came Close” was one of the surprise hits of 2009 – self-released during the summer, then picked up and released by Matador in November. Cold […]
It’s a big night for Dios (or Wearedios, if you prefer). The Hawthorne-bred quartet today releases its long-awaited third album, “We Are Dios” (on Buddyhead) and plays a free show at the Troubadour supported by the Henry Clay People and Signals. … Rickie Lee Jones [pictured] returns to Silver Lake environs (her February 2008 shows […]
[Catching up on some recent developments …] File this under interesting twists: the next album by the Bird and the Bee will be “Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates” (March 23 on Blue Note Records). No irony from the mouths of Greg Kurstin and Inara George here, says […]
As piano men go, Andrew Lynch is something of a shredder. Sometimes his songs – like the ones on his new album “Sun Incisions” – seem to take control of his hands, and, for that matter, his arms and elbows and head and anything else he can strike the keys with. Even given his delirious […]
From Australian comedy outfit Axis of Awesome, here’s the “4 Chords” medley that I only recently found. I think you’ll find some favorites here … (Thanks to @Dangerbird for tweeting.)
