One of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” Stephen Stills is an alum of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills and Nash, but it’s his solo act that gets the spotlight tonight at the Music Box. … O.C.’s Agent Orange bring their trailblazing brand of punk-surf to the Key Club. ”¦ Local five-piece OVIDEO […]
Nico Vega play a free show at noon at Cal State Fullerton’s Becker Amphitheatre. … Recently opening for the Pogues, East L.A. native sons Ollin perform the Irish rockers’ 1985 LP, “Rum Sodomy & the Lash,” in honor of St. Paddy’s Day at the Echo. … Les Blanks [pictured] are as captivating as the eponymous […]
Efterklang means “remembrance” in Danish, but Copenhagen’s indie pop-rockers, currently signed to 4AD, have a sound that’s anything but nostalgic. They headline Spaceland with 60 Watt Kid and SISU. … After three sold-out dates at the Echoplex, BRMC brings the Veils to House of Blues Anaheim. … Orange County’s own the Union Line keep the […]
[Off to SXSW soon – I’m warmed up, and some local bands are getting there too …] Their sophomore album “Volume Two” comes out March 23, and She & Him – that’s Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, if you don’t remember them from the Paste magazine cover, and that’s their video for their rather saccharine […]
[Huge weekend ahead. And that’s even before I decide how to commemorate Quincy Jones’ 77th birthday on Sunday.] Tonight: Great pairing at the Troubadour – local trio the Happy Hollows, slowly gaining attention after the re-release of “Spells” early this year on Autumn Tone, headline, and the Veils [pictured], the U.K. quartet whose 2009 album […]
Slow Club, the U.K. duo gaining attention for its quavering folk-pop, makes its L.A. debut tonight at Spaceland. The band’s debut album “Yeah So” is due March 30 on Moshi Moshi Records. … More beautiful folk at the Troubadour, where Dawes, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons and Jason Boesel perform. … It’ll be considerably […]
A lot can happen in a year. About this time last spring, an unsigned band out of Australia, the Temper Trap [pictured], was one of the big buzzes of the South by Southwest Music Festival. Now the London-based band with the big, anthemic sound is riding a wave of support for its debut album “Conditions.” […]
[Two acts from Buzz Bands LA’s best-of-’09 list, the Features and the Big Pink, hit town on the same night. Not fair …] The last time the Features played L.A. (supporting the Whigs at the Troubadour in November), it made for one of the best rock shows I’d seen in quite some time. Tonight they […]
[In the interest of mixing it up this afternoon …] Hello, Los Angeles jam band fans. I know you’re out there, cradling your Bonnaroo tickets, reading Jambands.com, waiting for that “Phish 3D” concert film. Here’s something a little closer to home – the Colorado-based quintet Great American Taxi has a new album out, and are […]
Filmed in some parking lots, and locales other than parking lots, here’s Simon Cardoza’s video for Manhatan Murder Mystery’s “Parking Lot.” The song is an urgent post-punk burner off the band’s “Skull” EP. Thrash accordingly. ||| Live: The arrival of this video led me to the discovery of an event Sunday that was not on […]
