This was bound to happen, we suppose. Steffaloo (aka Steph Thompson) seduced fans with little more than her emotive, airy vocals and spare guitar and ukulele parts on her 2012 full-length, “Would You Stay,” a beautifully fragile record that lays bare the heart of her songwriting. For her next act, Thompson goes full-on into the […]
If there was any hangover from Saturday’s massive first day of Echo Park Rising, it didn’t show on Sunday. The Lonely Wild, Body Parts, James Supercave and Hot As Sun gave exhilarating outdoor stage performances; Holy Folk played one of several memorable sets at the Echo; and not unlike the South by Southwest music festival, […]
Hello, Echo Park Rising, we had a feeling it’d be like this: The Icarus Line closed out the proceedings Saturday on the Buzz Bands LA / White Iris Records stage inside Taix restaurant with a chandelier-rattling performance of songs from their new album “Slave Vows.” They were preceded by an eight-pack of stellar performances from […]
It only seems like every other car on southern California’s crowded freeways is filled with a surf-punk or garage-rock band. Some of the latest contenders for three minutes of your undivided attention are Corners, who have followed up last year’s 10-song, 25-minute album “Beyond Way” with a new single, “My Baby,” via Lolipop Records. The […]
Saturday evening might have offered concert overload for music fans, but that didn’t keep the crowds away from 2013’s final Chinatown Summer Nights. An eclectic lineup of seven bands held forth the LA Weekly Live Music Stage, capped by the dance-friendly electro-pop of Hot As Sun and the rhythmically sophisticated indie-rock of Incan Abraham. The […]
Old-school vibes aren’t just coming from the old folks anymore, and L.A.’s very own Moonchild is strong evidence for that. The neo-soul trio whose members only recently graduated from college has gained attention near and far for their self-recorded debut “Be Free.” Amber Navran, Max Byrk and Andris Mattson first met at USC, where they studied […]
Of Rainbow Jackson’s new vintage rock ’n’ roll stomp “Psycho Betty,” singer-guitarist Chad Carlisle says: “It sounds like it’s about a girl, but it’s actually about a guitar.” Damn, knowing that might have just spoiled the video, which is a little bit “Nurse Betty” and a little bit “Twilight.” Directed by Cousin Video, the clip […]
At any given moment, the Futures League can sound like the noisy kids practicing in their garage next door or the ruffians who just pulled into a Southern roadhouse to take over the stage. That L.A. quartet of singer-guitarist Jon Arman, drummer John Fontana, guitarist Jack Rose and bassist Scott Ruth displayed a rootsy take […]
Big Black Delta – aka Jonathan Bates – is not shy with his smooth dance moves. We saw them in “Side of the Road,” and anyone who has seen Big Black Delta won’t deny that his energy on stage is up to par with the bombastic beats. Whereas he’s tapped into another dimension with his […]
Psych-pop web-spinners Incan Abraham upped their game when they worked with Lewis Pesacov (Fool’s Gold, Foreign Born) and Clinton Welander (Jimmy Cliff) on their new single “Tuolumne,” which boasts a surging melody over the L.A. quartet’s signature polyrhythms. The remarkable video for the song, directed Logan Adermatt and Teddy Cafaro, is a tale of desperation […]
