What do you do after you’ve witnessed an exhilarating Nine Inch Nails show at the Fonda on a Tuesday night? If you’re Andrew Malagon of Glendale, you high-tail it to the Wiltern Theatre to be first in line for the Thursday show. Malagon, a recent Cal State L.A. graduate, spent the better part of two […]
For a light lunch, it was pretty heavy. The Dead Weather kicked off the opening of Third Man Records and Novelties West Pop-Up store by playing a 25-minute set Wednesday afternoon to a capacity crowd of about 600 at downtown’s Regent Theatre. It was just a six-song taste off the band’s album “Horehound,” but even […]
I am not quite old enough to have attended Woodstock – if you want some insights, talk to this guy – but I will look in on “Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary,” the photographic exhibition currently up at the Duncan Miller Gallery. The exhibition features the work of four photographers – Jim Marshall, Baron Wolman, Henry […]
[Notes gleaned on a gorgeous Saturday morning in L.A. …] Half of me wishes I were in Grant Park in Chicago for Lollapalooza – the other half thinks that it’s OK that I missed a rain-soaked Day 1. Of local interest: The Henry Clay People (recommended by the likes of MTV) played early and didn’t […]
[One in a series on new music hitting the local scene …] I confess that all Ingenue had to do to get my attention was boldface the influences. Singer-songwriter Lauren Dolan professes a love for the Boston power pop scene (check); “The Lolita EP” was produced by Letters to Cleo’s Michael Eisenstein (check) and features […]
The Honorary Title has filled the last open slot in the “Kick Out the Clots: A Benefit for Jennifer Tefft” show at the Echo and Echoplex on Thursday night. I’ve updated the original post with the new set times. ‣ Done, gone: Now that his long-in-the-works deal with Atlantic Records is officially done, Robert Francis […]
[Some of the lots and lots of things that have come to my attention …] Coming soon to the Beck.com website will be a section called Record Club – which will feature mp3s of songs from studio sessions during which Beck and his pals will re-record an entire album in a single day, sans rehearsal. […]
I guess this could be considered weekend housecleaning. A few nice folks who listen in on Little Radio every Friday morning have gently reminded me that I’ve been remiss in posting the Buzz Bands show playlists. (Which, in a manner of speaking, are also the answer to the question I’m most frequently asked: “So, what […]
Monsters of Folk – the supergroup with Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis – are signing to Santa Monica-based Shangri-La Music, home to the likes of the Pretenders, the Duke Spirit and up-and-comers Amazing Baby and Band of Skulls. One insider described the terms as for “make-or-break-a-label money.” Rolling Stone says to […]
Promotional timeout: Join me at 10 a.m. on Little Radio for the Buzz Bands show. I’ll have two hours of mostly new music, as well the sundry commercial for Monday night’s show at the Echoplex. Hint, hint. Additionally, I will be DJing at the Viper Room tonight for the show featuring Fight From Above, Saint […]
