Local quintet Eagle Winged Palace has signed to Park the Van Records, the label home of Dr. Dog and the Spinto Band. The project started by Eric “Cashew” Harding, formerly a principal in the Prix, Eagle Winged Palace will release its debut EP “Hand of Doom” on March 17. The fivesome is currently recording a […]
The way they bond, Jonathan Hylander and Sean Johnson may as well be twin drummers of different mothers. The pair, the driving force behind the Voyeurs, were pounding the skins for different South Bay bands when they met. They went on to play in the formidable but ill-fated (and hard to type) quartet E>K>U>K before […]
Dispatch from the Midwest: Casey Meehan [left], the Chicago-based artist who launched the online music distributor that offered free downloads of Jay Bennett’s album last year, today releases the album by his new project, Jitney. The album, “86-300,” is available for free at Rock Proper. Jitney’s album – which is quite a tour de force […]
L.A.’s Great Northern has announced a release date for its sophomore album, “Remind Me Where the Light Is.” The follow-up to 2007’s “Trading Twilight for Daylight” will be out April 28 on Eenie Meenie. And although I’ve had the album in my hands only 24 hours (play, repeat, play, repeat, and so on), I’m comfortable […]
Not resting on the accolades it received from its 2008 debut “And Now … Le Switch,” L.A. quintet Le Switch — the Monday night residents at Spaceland in February — has readied a new EP titled “The Devil Needs a Cough Drop.” It will be out Feb. 23 on the Aquarium Drunkard’s Autumn Tone imprint, […]
Antony and the Johnson’s “The Crying Light” was released Tuesday, and Pitchfork.tv premiered the striking video for the track “Epilepsy Is Dancing.” It’s a remarkable work, conceived by the Wachowski Brothers, with painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso creating the costumes and Sean Dorsey doing the choreography. The “Deer Monster” character is played by Antony’s […]
If nothing else, this week’s political transition has improved musicial productivity — at least when it comes to songs saluting Barack Obama. DJ/producer Adam Freeland, who splits his time between England and Los Angeles, has mashed up Daft Punk and come up with “Aer OBAMA.” The stop-motion video comes courtesy of directors Richard Farmer and […]
[A quick patriotic note on inauguration eve:] Bruce Springsteen’s new album, “Working on a Dream,” will be out Jan. 26 — but you can stream it starting at midnight Eastern time (9 p.m. where we live), thanks to NPR. Hey, that’s almost now. Follow this link … On the local front, Vosotros Music has posted […]
It’s hard to come up with a much better story than John Bigham’s resumé, but the veteran multi-instrumentalist — on his third album as the Soul of John Black — has conjured up a sensational narrative: It’s the tale of a pawn-shop Stella guitar with special powers, the unknown Chicago bluesman who wielded it and […]
[Good things come in threes?] Neko Case and Anti- Records are giving it away — on two fronts. She is offering “People Got a Lotta Nerve” — the first single from her forthcoming album, “Middle Cyclone” — for free download. And then, for each blog that hosts the download, the artist and her label will […]
