Ears Wide Open: Heaven
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Jacob Cooper has earned his merit badge in rhythms by playing in plenty of punk bands. He’s lent his drumming skills to the Mae Shi, Signals, Bark Bark Bark and most recently Wavves. Now he steps out on his own under the moniker Heaven, but despite the name, Cooper’s solo sounds isn’t influenced by anything […]
Stream: Youngblood Hawke, ‘We Come Running’
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Youngblood Hawke sank its hooks in L.A. audiences early last summer with the single “Rootless,” one of those anthems-for-these-uncertain-times that boasted an irresistible chorus. Coming from minds of Sam Martin and Simon Katz – both former members of Iglu & Hartly – Youngblood Hawke’s first EP bore even more pop goodness, and unlike their previous […]
Video: FIDLAR, ‘AA’
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Just when I thought it was safe to call it quits on a Friday afternoon, a new FIDLAR video hits. “AA” – it doesn’t stand for the airline company, or the substance-abuse group – skewers your favorite local clothing maker. I’m going to cackle all the way to happy hour. And maybe think about some lawyer’s […]
Ears Wide Open: York
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York traverses several eras of music on its new EP “I Might” – in fact, in the leadoff track “Sweet Whiskey” alone, the young O.C.-based sextet rockets from back-porch stomp to sparkling indie-pop in a few measures. Singer-guitarist Jake McMullen – aided by guitarist Michael Martin, keyboardist John Penner, bassist Joshua Walker Smith, violinist J.D. […]
Prima Donna, Jared James Nichols, the Breakups head up Saturday’s Downtown Summer Party
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A second straight weekend of free music in downtown L.A.? Yes, thank you. A week after Bloomfest brought live bands to the streets of the arts district, Saturday’s Downtown Summer Party promises a long day of rock in two cozy clubs – the Down and Out Bar (501 S. Spring) and Coronado’s (212 W. 5th […]
Ears Wide Open: Fort King
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When Ryan Fuller picks a guitar up and starts to sing, what you get is the truth. As Fort King, his no-frills Laurel Canyon country and its touches of psychedelic folk speak to decades of the troubadour tradition, as songs such as the poignant “Woe to the Man” reveal. Since the release of his album […]
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, ‘The Way We Used To’
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The neurotic feel of Chelsea Wolfe’s 2011 album “Apokalypsis” was deeply rooted in its production, and its layers of instrumental and vocal effects. But the L.A.-based songstress adds by subtraction on this first song from the follow-up, “Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs” (due Oct. 16 on Sargent House). To great effect, Wolfe’s virtually […]
Ears Wide Open: Sacred Caves
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Greg Bertens and Nyles Lannon have taken off in a new direction, and they didn’t even start in the same room. Mates in the shoegazing rock outfit Film School, Bertens and Lannon are now collaborating on electronic music as Sacred Caves. They weren’t even in the same city when they wrote their debut EP “Sanctuarium,” […]
Ears Wide Open: Liphemra
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For L.A. show-goers, Liv Marsico is a familiar face, even if she’s behind a drum kit most of the time. Her resumé is stacked; it boasts her percussion duties for several local bands, including Stone Darling, and, most recently, drumming in Gothic Tropic and providing additional vocals for Tapioca & the Flea. As Liphemra, she […]
