You’d better tread carefully when you cover Sam Cooke, and L.A. electro-soul collective Caught a Ghost have tackled Cooke’s 54-year-old gem “You Send Me” with proper reverence here. The brainchild of principals Jesse Nolan and Stephen Edelstein, the nine-piece band has been short on formal releases, but bit by bit (and video by video), Caught […]
Here’s the great thing about OFF!: everything. Keith Morris means it, always has. The Black Flag founder is 56 going on 17 going on 56. His cohorts Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Mario Rubalcaba (of Hot Snakes), and Steven McDonald (of Redd Kross) are ace, always have been. They’ll blow your hair back live, even if […]
Songwriter Patrick Thomas’ wounds of love don’t appear to be healing quickly – at least, not judging from his band Duniven’s new EP “These Dreams.” The follow-up to last year’s lovelorn full-length “I Need to Try for Her” finds the Duniven still treading water in organ- and harmonica-drenched Americana, with the frontman’s pained vocals channeling […]
Michael Davis gets under your skin. The Midwestern native, ensconced in L.A. three years now, trades in keyboard-warmed folk-pop that tugs at the heartstrings and laments their every twinge of pain. It’s no surprise Davis – now doing business as Michael Davis With Lions – has found kindred spirits in other songwriters whose currency is […]
LA Font certainly don’t have an aversion to out-of-the-box concepts, and in their new video for “Sharks,” it’s obvious they don’t have anything against McDonald’s. They may have slightly altered the famous golden arches, but going to six different locations of the Big Mac franchise to film the clip is an entirely different level of […]
The debut EP from L.A. quartet the Child, released on Manimal Vinyl, is fashionably arty – and probably a bit heavier on the fashion than actual art. The brainchild of singer-guitarist-keyboardist Holly Marilyn, along with singer-keyboardist Lauren White, bassist Peter White and drummer Norm Block, the Child deals in moody, percussive avant-pop. The synth-heavy, melodic […]
Who: The Growlers at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: Turn it up.
Who: AWOLNATION on the main stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Over the top.
Who: Tijuana Panthers in the Mohave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Long Beach breakfast.
Who: Honeyhoney in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Off your butts.
