[Thanks to Seraphina and Trina for holding down the fort while I was on vacation. Big week ahead, starting with Bill Wyman’s 75th birthday today …] Monday madness: ‣ Gold Panda, the U.K. producer whose career took off in 2010 after the release of his debut “Lucky Shiner,” visits the Echoplex. He has a mixtape […]
Well hello, Sunday. What can we do for you? And vice versa. ‣L.A. darlings Airborne Toxic Event headline tonight’s L.A. 101 fest at the Gibson Amphitheater along with Tokyo Police Club, Delta Spirit, Built To Spill, Electric Guest and Jenny O. Indoor/outdoor stages, exhibits, vendors and food trucks, oh my! ‣The co-headlining tour of L.A.’s […]
Voxhaul Broadcast is one Los Angeles’ finer musical offerings who offer up a tight package of bluesy rock with melody and grit. Earlier this year they released “Timing Is Everything” (their debut full-length album which boasts the passionate “Leaving on the 5th” and the funky punk of “Cheetah”) and now the boys are taking it […]
Easy like Sunday morning…even though it’s Saturday. ‣Philadelphia trio the War on Drugs may sound firmly rooted Americana, but listen deeper and you’ll hear (or feel) hypno-melodies and the shoegaze sect of alt-rock. Their second album, “Slave Ambient”, is an intricate weave of reflection: plaintive vocals, washes of cascading guitars”¦the pieces just fit. See for […]
‣Best Bang For Your Buck Award goes to: Taylor Locke & the Roughs along with Sabrosa Purr and Miracle Parade at Bootleg Bar. It also gets my vote for the sexiest rock show of the night and, yes, I’m talking about the music and the musicians. ‣Aussie-to-L.A. seems to be a running theme this week. […]
‣Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. Fishbone at the Bootleg Bar. The end. And while you’re at it, dig further into these OGs who have musically motivated many (No Doubt, Flea, ?uestlove, Les Claypool): narrated by Lawrence Fishburne, the documentary “Everyday Sunshine” fleshes out the storied history of the iconic punk/funk band. ‣The New L.A. Folk Fest […]
Waiting on the sunshine, but in the meantime let’s talk musical shop: ‣Nashville continues to bear solid musical fruit as Vandervelde parks it at the Echo tonight with harmonic folk/rock of tourmates The Fling (hello, Dangerbird Records). Locals Francisco The Man round out the bill and this combo has #win written all over it. P.S.: […]
It feels like Fall has finally arrived in L.A. Good thing we have all of this music to keep us warm. ‣ He goes by Gotye, but this Aussie-by-way-of-Belgium’s moniker should be “sold out” considering that’s the status of so many of his shows on his “Making Mirrors” tour including tonight’s show at the Satellite. Experimentally […]
Mondays in L.A. are worth so much more than the price of admission. Funny how so much that I want to see tonight is residency FREE. ‣I recommend that you do some additional stretching because night #3 of Youngblood Hawke’s Satellite residency gets even more hyper as it includes my Vegas-to-L.A. transplant loves, Imagine Dragons. FREE at The […]
Soulful Sunday. ‣Holy psychedelic soul, Batman! Van Hunt will bring his musical alchemy to the Troubadour stage tonight and I bet a life will be changed. This is #winning. ‣Empire of the Sun (Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore) are at Club Nokia and round out what’s been a good week of Aussie bands in Los […]
