Another super Saturday: ‣ Still have a hard time leaving the desert? Then the one-day festival Desert Daze (Sunset Ranch Oasis near Mecca) may be your answer with a stellar lineup featuring Blonde Redhead, Liars, the Raveonettes, Autolux, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, DIIV, Allah-Las and more. Set times and details here. ‣ And if you’re a big country fan, […]
For such a sunny guitar riff in Run Things‘ debut single “Dumb in the Sun,” you’d think the Anthony Gaddis-directed video would actually have some natural Vitamin D filtered through the camera lens. Instead, we follow actress Caroline Roseberry on a drive during which flowing hair and palm trees are sexy in a black-and-white, “Twilight Zone” kind […]
Jessy Lanza is a winner if you’re into Chet Faker, Rhye and Aaliyah. The dub chanteuse recently released her stunningly seductive debut “Pull My Hair Back,” a collection of R&B songs sparkling in disco and wonderfully warped in shrouded beats. The Hamilton, Ontario-based singer coos in songs like “Keep On Moving” and hypnotizes with sweet […]
Torches has gone through several changes throughout the years; everything from their band name to their soundscape has evolved. New experiments and realizations, however, have been favorable for the L.A. duo. The band is currently preparing for the release of their new EP and each tune, so far, has wonderfully been inching toward luxuriously full […]
When Computer Magic, aka Danielle “Danz” Johnson, popped up on our local radar back in 2011, we noted how the spacey electro-pop tunes on her “Electric Fences” EP were chock-full of hooks and whimsically still on the rock edge. Johnson is now 11 releases deep (a combination of single and EPs) and her songs still have […]
There’s the official video for Incan Abraham‘s single “Concorde,” and then there’s the Teddy Cafaro & Spencer Mandel-directed GoPro cut. The latter features actor Daniel Franzese – whom is mostly known for playing the fabulous Damien in “Mean Girls” – and we get to spend a day with him while he and the band hangs out in […]
Your big Saturday: ‣ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival continues Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club. Tonight’s headliners include Nas, the Disememberment Plan, Pet Shop Boys, Skrillex, Muse, Pharrell Williams and more. See set times for Weekend 2 here. ‣ If you’re staying local but still want to get into the festival season, […]
The last time we heard from Ablebody, the moniker under which Christoph Hochheim records, the L.A. singer-songwriter had just self-released his debut EP “All My Everybody.” Hochheim has since rejoined the Pains of Being Pure at Heart on tour in support of the New York band’s forthcoming “Days of Abandon,” but that doesn’t mean Ablebody […]
A busy Thursday: ‣ Mogwai stop by the the El Rey Theatre before their set at Coachella Weekend 2. Factory Floor and Majeure also play. ‣ Neko Case and the Dodos do another show at the Orpheum Theatre before Case also heads back to the desert. ‣ The Toy Dolls are at the Fonda Theatre […]
If you need something to get over the hump on hump day, L.A. trio Criminal Hygiene has got you covered. Now back from tour with the Orwells, your beloved Echo Park party boys are back with another rowdy tune that’s got both grit and hook. “Raid” is appropriately an attack on the peace and quiet, […]
