Monday night options include: â–º The Juliana Hatfield Three (pictured above) is back together and they’re bringing the reunion tour to the Roxy Theatre tonight in support of the new album “Whatever, My Love” released last month. â–º It’s the third week of the Conway residency at the Satellite. This round features Air Life, Shotty […]
Happy Sunday: â–º It’s a loud Sunday with A Place to Bury Strangers headlining the Echoplex in support of their latest album “Transfixiation.” Creepoid and Tennis System also bring some noise. â–º Upstair at the Echo, Bambu presents Part Worker Live with DJ Phatrick. â–º Title Fight does their second SoCal date of the weekend […]
Selections for your sunny Saturday:Â â–º Title Fight headline the Regent Theater in support of their latest album “Hyperview.” It’s a solid night with support from Merchandise and Power Trip. â–º English psychedelic music project Shpongle takes over the Fonda Theatre with tunes off their latest album “Museum of Consciousness” and special guest Phutureprimitive. Zebber […]
The cinematic electro-rock of L.A.’s Of Verona first emerged in 2011, when Toronto-born singer Mandi Perkins began collaborating with producer/multi-instrumentalist Dillon Pace. The full-length they released in 2012, “The White Apple,” had legs — it got the deluxe edition treatment the following year and yielded singles such as “Castles,” “Match” and, most recently, “Dark in My […]
When L.A. quartet Dear Boy debuted their majestic “Hesitation Waltz” last August, it marked a major steppingstone for a band working to separate itself from the alt-rock masses. The sweeping, bittersweet anthem “is about the impossibility of reconnecting,” frontman Ben Grey says. “Before every fall, there is a moment that you take for granted. This […]
Consider this cover of Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes” an example of band calisthenics. It’s the work of L.A. electro-pop band Youngblood Hawke, who, to their credit, take ownership of the 1981 hit rather than just ape it. The video, shot by Janell Shirtcliff and edited by singer-keyboardist Sam Martin, captures the stalker vibe of […]
Don’t be deceived by the very DIY video for “Pointless,” Light FM are total pros. The long-running indie-rock band helmed by singer/multi-instrumentalist/studio ace Josiah Mazzaschi this week added a new EP to a catalog that includes five full-lengths (the last, “Voices Inside My Head,” in 2013) and one EP. Currently working with a lineup that […]
Ryan Lawhon debuted his post-Pacific Air project Mating Ritual late last year with a handful of sugar-coated but brooding synth-pop songs that exhibited his deft touch for melody and production. The new song “Hum Hum” is more beefcake than cheesecake, though; it’s a good ol’ new wave rocker, stardate 1986 or so. You wanna get […]
You need a spreadsheet to keep up with everything songwriter Nima Kazerouni is doing these days (so pardon our being a month late on this particular song). His So Many Wizards are working on a new album. His electronic pop project Crown Plaza has a show tonight at Harvard & Stone and new music in […]
vōx (stylized “vōx” and pronounced “wokes”) is the moniker of Minnesota native and Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Winters, and was inspired by the Latin words she had tattooed on her fingers years prior, vōx et praetere nihil, meaning “a voice and nothing more.” But what a voice it is. In 2010, she released her debut […]
