[A taker of notes shares some:] ”¢ There they are: Except for a couple late-2008 shows, we haven’t heard much from the Like recently – unless you like to pore over the Cobrasnake’s photo galleries. But the L.A. trio is surfacing on the high-profile compilation album, “War Child Heroes,” a benefit for children affected by […]
[I go off the beaten path, maybe even off the rails. You decide …] Los Angeles is a city of vast distances, and differences. Of this I was reminded a couple nights ago when, standing in line for a random show, an acquaintance asked me what I thought about the Grammys (coming Sunday evening to […]
[Birthdays wishes go out to Robin Zander … now, if making through this weekend’s concert schedule were only a cheap trick:] Today: Chris Pierce [pictured] has been spreading his feel-good R&B around his native Los Angeles since he was a teenager, and the young soul man has amassed enough devotees that he has the headlining […]
[Afternoon quickies while I listen to the rain and the nice new album by Elvis Perkins in Dearland … and if you need some accompaniment whilst reading this, here’s a stream of” Jason Bentley’s take on West Indian Girl’s “All My Friends,” one of a series of remixes the band just completed. WIG plays the […]
Every time I think mash-up artists are just dudes with too much time on their hands, something like Jaydiohead comes along. The handiwork of New York City DJ Minty Fresh Beats, the music melds Jay-Z and Radiohead. MTV.com has the full story. There’s been no beef (yet) from either artist’s camp, so you can download […]
Not to get all People magazine on you, but the early part of 2009 seemed to be all about the love, and not just the Benjamin Gibbard-Zooey Deschanel variety. First there was the Henry Clay People’s headlining set on New Year’s Eve at Spaceland. After leading up to the 12 o’clock countdown by covering the […]
What’s next for for Dntel/James Figurine/Figurine main man Jimmy Tamborello? He says he’s collaborating with L.A. songstress Mia Doi Todd on a yet-to-be-named project. “I’ve given her songs that she’s writing to,” he says of the singer-songwriter, who released her seventh album, “GEA,” earlier this year. In other news, Tamborello refused to rule out an […]
[Quick notes for a Friday morning … ] ‣ I’ll miss the puppets too. L.A. three-piece the Spores, who combined brash electro-rock with a wildly theatrical stage presentation that included edgy and fanciful puppet characters, have called it quits after five years. ‣ The Blur reunion seems to have everybody atwitter — and wouldn’t their […]
On the cover of Obi Best’s debut album “Capades,” singer-songwriter Alex Lilly, faraway look in her eyes, is pictured in the tentative embrace of three figures sheathed in dark cloth. It’s an homage to her song “Who Loves You Now,” which trundles through a lot of loves lost in 4 minutes 28 seconds. “Those are […]
With the band’s 20th-anniversary tour over, the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan is now taking heat for comments he made in a post-show interview with the Chicago Tribune’s pop music critic, Greg Kot. After reading it through a couple times, I think that If Corgan’s guilty of anything, it’s simply of being too frank — he’s […]
