Fans of Australia’s Tame Impala shrieked and whooped Wednesday night at the Fox Theater in Pomona as roadies dressed in white lab coats prepped the stage like scientists. ||| Photos by Michelle Shiers The Australian band finally appeared to a slowed-down version of ““Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and moved into “It’s Not Meant […]
Cape Town, South Africa, natives Civil Twilight have supported the likes of Mutemath, Young The Giant, Of Monsters and Men and Florence + The Machine, to name a few, but they are currently headlining their own tour in support of their forthcoming full-length “Story Of An Immigrant” (due June 2 via Wind-Up Records). ||| Photo […]
Following the release of their fifth studio album “Seeds” last November, Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio satiated their fans with a 15-song set Friday night at the Hollywood Palladium, a triumphant performance that firmly placed the band — after more than a dozen years of cultivating their unique brand of menacing-but-wise art-rock — as one […]
Almost exactly a year since the release of their EP “How Do You Feel Now,” Rochester, N.Y.’s Joywave are due to release their full-length album with the same title April 21 via Cultco Music. This indie quintet have shown versatility by blending infectious electronica with melodic pop-rock, and the end product is a dance-floor-worthy mix […]
Peering through the dense stage fog Friday night at the Troubadour where overhead speakers played Chris de Burgh‘s “Lady in Red,†you could just make out the outlines of siblings Jake and Jamin Orall, along with live members Kunal Prakash and Chet Jameson, that make up JEFF The Brotherhood. ||| Photo by Michelle Shiers The […]
Scottish-art-school-kids-turned-London-synth-psych-rock quartet Django Django have released another track from their forthcoming full-length “Born Under Saturn†out May 5th via Ribbon Music. The song entitled “Reflections†is a good example of Django Django’s knack for genre-blending. With an old russian drum machine, they created a four on the floor rhythm that eventually turns into a more […]
Following the departure of Death Cab For Cutie‘s founding member Chris Walla in August, the band will release their eighth studio album entitled “Kintsugi†March 31st via Atlantic. “Kintsugi” is a Japanese philosophy of making the repair of broken ceramic objects a visual part of their history, rather than trying to disguise the breakage. This sentiment […]
Los Angeles chamber-pop quintet Wartime Recitals have premiered a new video for their track “Bad Dances.” Directed by Hunter Peterson and starring Scott Drennan and Jenny Verrochi, the video was filmed along the California coastline and in the Mojave Desert — a perfect backdrop for the band’s summertime harmonies and earnest baroque indie-ness. We […]
L.A. favorites Avid Dancer have emerged with a new music video for their song “All Your Words Are Gone” from their upcoming debut “1st Bath,” due April 14 via Grand Jury Records. Marine line drummer-turned-guitar-wielding-frontman Jacob Dillan Summers is the calming face of the video full of soothing pastel colors, paper shapes and a collection […]
Beware Of Darkness is now a one-man show, singer-guitarist Kyle Nicolaides having parted ways with Daniel Curcio and Tony Cupito, and on the follow-up to 2013’s full-length “Orthodox,” the “Sanctuary Season” mixtape, the Santa Barbara-bred, L.A.-based guitar-slinger shelves his heavy blues in favor of some heavy soul-searching. He calls the release an “in between,” since […]
