Eastern Conference Champions release new album — and call it quits
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“Love in Wartime,” ECC’s third full-length, came out today, accompanied by the surprising announcement that the L.A. trio is disbanding.
Gardens & Villa, on embracing the DIY life, their new album and building a bathroom
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Songwriters Chris Lynch and Adam Rasmussen obsess over the technological Zeitgeist on the new album “Music for Dogs” while keeping it real in their Frogtown headquarters.
Buena Vista Social Club says ‘Adios,’ but its legacy lives on
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Sixteen years after the documentary movie that opened the world’s ears and minds to the riches of Cuban culture, the Buena Vista Social Club’s surviving members (and some new aces) visit the Hollywood Bowl.
Interview: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, on their music and the message
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The Los Angeles ensemble has released their debut album, “Heavenly Fire,” a modern, rocking take on traditional music. Hear their voices raised.
Interview: Aurelio, on Garifuna culture, his music’s global reach and making people dance
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The charismatic singer-songwriter brings his sweet, rhythmic music to the Skirball Cultural Center for a free concert on Thursday. Here’s what to expect.
Premiere: Northern American, 'Modern Phenomena'
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The seeds of Northern American’s uncommonly elegant debut album “Modern Phenomena” were sown in the unlikely climes of Agua Dulce.
Interview: Milo Greene on band democracy, Taco Bell gift cards, the Lumineers and making ‘Control’
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It’d be so much easier if Milo Greene were a real person. You know, a guy with good taste in sweaters and books, just the right amount of chin hair, dark-eyed and slightly chiseled but with a crooked smile, bemused but not in a condescending way, with a quirky, engaging point of view.
Ears Wide Open: Gal Pals
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Maybe Girlpool have some new gal pals? Gal Pals, made up of Jillian Talley and Lauren Mikus, is a Los Angeles-by-way-of-Austin duo that formed in 2012. After performing at SXSW in 2013 and generating buzz on their home turf, they journeyed out to California. Armed simply with drums and a guitar, Gal Pals provide the […]
Interview: Phil Wilson of the June Brides, on ‘spiky pop,’ wild mushrooms and not becoming a rock star
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By John Girgus Indie-pop, twee, jangle … for the 30 years in the current of popular music, these are often vague (and lately misused) terms in reference to a genre, that does, in fact, have a documented (though maybe difficult to define) lineage. While the aesthetic can be traced to Buddy Holly, the Velvet Underground, […]
Exclusive: Slowdive discuss the reunion, its prospects in the U.S. and shoegaze past, present and future
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By Tatiana Simonian In the late 1980s, while bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam were poised to introduce America to the rebellion of grunge, a seemingly disparate movement had emerged in England known as shoegaze. Anchored in the melancholy post-punk of acts such as Cocteau Twins and Jesus and Mary Chain, these acts relied […]
