Tuesday things: ‣ Despite last week’s dispute, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers continue their long streak at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Bjork does another SoCal show. This time she’s hitting the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Sweden-based spacey electro outfit Kate Boy headlines the Echo where Lovelife and Bom Bom will support. [Check Bom Bom’s “Woman.”] ‣And […]
Moses Sumney is a soulful one-man show with vocal percussion, handclaps and harmonies on loop, and his guitar strumming is intricate and heartfelt as the riffs he sings. After purchasing an old guitar from a friend, Sumney began to make a name for himself with a charismatic take on R&B-influenced folk-rock. Songs like “Alchemy” and […]
Last year, pop artist Skyler Stonestreet teamed up with new friend singer-songwriter Jeremy Silver to become a new duo called One Two. The two released a perfectly sweet “Best Friends” EP, but they’re back with a single that leaps from the innocent folk-pop to a sexier, electro-stomping sound palette. “Sleep Talk” still maintains the back and forth […]
Happy local residency night: ‣ The Bootleg continues with its dual residencies, with the earlier show featuring soul trio KING and Moses Sumney (doors at 7:00). ‣ Summer Twins follow at the Bootleg with Naïve Thieves and Thee Rain Cats on the bill this week. ‣ Over at the Echo, Hindu Pirates resume their residency with the […]
White Lies will return August 20 with a third studio album titled “Big TV” via Harvest Records, Â but for now, fans of the Brit post-rock band can take in their teaser single “Getting Even.” Whether you still think they’re a young Editors or happily rejoice in the trio’s announcement, the sonic soundscape of the single […]
Oh, the brooding. The xx won a Mercury Prize for their self-titled debut in 2010, and they continue to go strong with melancholic atmospherics on their the sophomore record “Coexist” (out now via Young Turks). Young Replicant, a/k/a Alex Takacs, also returns as director for clip accompanying the xx’s track “Fiction” to further illustrate Oliver Sim […]
So much Friday fun: ‣ Jubilee Music & Arts Festival, the 2-day with street festival between Santa Fe Ave. and 6th St. in downtown L.A., kicks off today with acts such as the Black Lips, Trash Talk, Bleached, Free Energy, Kitten and many more.  Check out the complete set times here. ‣ Capital Cities, Gold Fields and DWNTWN all return […]
Despite what Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, says of “Funtimes in Babylon” – “Music videos don’t need blurbs.  It’s like putting a brief summary before a Garfield comic strip,” he asserts in the press blast – we’re going to say something anyway. The VHS-styled clip, co-directed with Grant James (who also helmed “This Is […]
Cold War Kids‘ clip for their latest single “Loner Phase” may look like a lyric video on the surface, but the man scribbling behind the screen is actually Matt Maust, who had quite the graphic design portfolio even before he took up bass for the L.A. quartet. If the color combinations and penmanship look familiar, […]
It’s been almost two years since PAPA released their undeniably catchy tune “I Am the Lion King.” Since then they’re been relentlessly touring its EP, “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find.” Now they’re finally preparing for the release of their debut, which is slated for late summer 2013. The speedy soulful tune “Put Me […]
