Mike Mancillas is well on his way to earning an advanced degree in the Indie Rock School of Hard Knocks. Mancillas (also known by his stage moniker Malcolm Sosa) is the frontman of the band Rademacher, a steady presence on the Silver Lake scene for four years now even though they live in Fresno. Rademacher […]
[Once around the weekend while wishing a very happy 70th birthday today to Smokey Robinson:] Tonight: Fitz & the Tantrums have been busy working on their full-length debut, but last week the soul-slinging sextet played a superbly sweaty set at Club Underground at the Echo. They reprise that tonight, with O.C. dance-rockers Pop Noir adding […]
Chloe Chaidez, lead singer for the newbie rock quartet Kitten, sounds like an old hand. She makes her days of singing and playing bass in the cover band Wild Youth seem like ancient history. Back in the day, she’ll tell you, her dad tried to foist Morrissey’s music on her, and only recently has she […]
Lou Barlow, who was there at the beginning when Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh started making noise back in the day, visits Spaceland tonight – his Lou Barlow & The Missing Men support the residency of his former bandmate in the Folk Implosion, Imaad Wasif. The final night of Wasif’s Silver Lake stand promises to be […]
It’s a night to celebrate sibling pop at its best – the Watson Twins’ new album “Talking to You, Talking to Me” came out this week on Vanguard, and the follow-up to 2008’s “Fire Songs,” made with Everest guys J. Soda and Russell Pollard, finds sisters Chandra and Leigh exploring territory that’s a bit less […]
We’re in a just-happy-to-be-here mood this morning – Buzz Bands LA returns to Indie1031.com at 10 a.m. today for two hours of new music, local music and soon-to-hit-L.A. music. Playlists will be posted here in the afternoon; this morning, expect to hear a heaping helping of new local music, as well as some jams from […]
Wesley Eisold and Cold Cave are coming back to town this week, so I thought I’d round up the available tracks from the Philadephia-based artist. The band’s debut album “Love Came Close” was one of the surprise hits of 2009 – self-released during the summer, then picked up and released by Matador in November. Cold […]
It’s a big night for Dios (or Wearedios, if you prefer). The Hawthorne-bred quartet today releases its long-awaited third album, “We Are Dios” (on Buddyhead) and plays a free show at the Troubadour supported by the Henry Clay People and Signals. … Rickie Lee Jones [pictured] returns to Silver Lake environs (her February 2008 shows […]
[Catching up on some recent developments …] File this under interesting twists: the next album by the Bird and the Bee will be “Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates” (March 23 on Blue Note Records). No irony from the mouths of Greg Kurstin and Inara George here, says […]
[Once around the residencies as I try to decide how I feel about the new Angels & Airwaves album, “LOVE,” which I downloaded free last night [background] …] Princeton, fresh off a Thursday show opening for Editors, return to the cozier confines of Spaceland, supported by Le Switch, among others. … Aushua and We Barbarians […]
