After one listen to Crushed Out’s latest single, you might wonder why the Brooklyn duo didn’t keep their original name, Boom Chick, which perfectly describes the beat in their Delta blues-laden rock ’n’ roll. But something like a name change hasn’t slowed down Frank Hoier and Moselle Spiller. Their debut full-length “Want to Give” (out […]
If you plan on hosting a nice dinner with some quiet music to entertain your guests for the rest of your civil evening, L.A.’s Criminal Hygiene is not your band. If the sound of broken bottles at the beginning of tunes like “Blak Water” don’t tell you what’s up, then maybe the brash vocals, reverb-drenched […]
Alt-J, the recent winner of the Mercury Prize, is riding the wave of success. With rave reviews for the live shows in support of their debut “An Awesome Wave” on both sides of the pond, the U.K. quartet doesn’t seem to be slowing down. They’ve already released another genre-bending single titled “Buffalo” featuring fellow harmonizers […]
I wouldn’t recommend watching this Cold Specks clip for “Hector” during lunch, but its subtly gruesome storyline plays off of Al Spx’s unflinchingly raw songwriting rather well. The track off the 23-year-old’s debut album “I Predict a Graceful Expulsion” is one of her many arrangements that are dubbed as “doom soul,” and the video’s nuance […]
Here’s your Sunday menu: ‣ Jack’s Mannequin will be playing their last show as a band at the El Rey Theatre. The night’s proceeds will go towards the Dear Jack Foundation, which was founded by the band’s front man ”“ Andrew McMahon (pictured left) ”“ when he was diagnosed with leukemia a few years ago. […]
A little over two years has passed since Los Angeles parted ways with the Parson Red Heads, but even after they returned to their hometown Portland, Ore., the warmth of their melodies has stayed within the L.A. community. With last year’s release of “Yearling,” they’ve offered more of their sunny psychedelic folk-pop tunes for us […]
Oklahoma orchestral rockers Other Lives gave the El Rey Theatre a concert on Saturday night that was as close to a religious experience as a secular band could muster. Celebrating their 10-year anniversary as a band — and clearly celebratory at their burgeoning popularity— the band cast a 70-minute spell over the sold-out crowd that […]
The forests of Madrid seems to be the perfect setting in So Many Wizards‘ new Esther Morán Fraile-directed clip for “Lose Your Mind.” Illustrating the track off of the quartet’s debut “Warm Nothing,” the wide-open spaces seem appropriate for a group of young Spaniards to play. However, the editing by MarÃa Antepazo does include some […]
Considering Dov Rosenblatt and Talia Osteen’s meet-cute in real life, The Wellspring is an appropriate name for the duo, who recently relocated from the Big Apple to the City of Angels. Rosenblatt met Osteen when she had discovered his previous band Fools for April while working at a film production company. After finding out Osteen […]
Happy Sunday: ‣ The supergroup of Britt Daniels, Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown, Divine Fits, play the Fonda Theatre in support of their album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” (out now on Merge). That’s their Brian Butler-directed video above for “Would That Not Be Nice.” Cold Cave open with their new lineup. [Check out “A […]
