[Tim Booth of James turns 50 today? It’s not so bad north of the half-century mark, lad … salute. Meanwhile, in L.A. environs, it’s a busy night:] Imaad Wasif, whose album “The Voidist” made our 2009 a whole lot better, kicks off a three-week residency at Spaceland – each of those Thursdays have a theme. […]
[Posting on the run this morning – happy birthday to Dave Davies (anybody going to see him Friday at the El Rey?), and here’s a short lineup of shows tonight:] Prefuse 73 hits town to play the Troubadour, with the Gaslamp Killer and VoicesVoices opening. … Red Cortez [pictured], who have a 7-inch single recorded […]
Here’s Bradford Cox as Atlas Sound doing his thing Jan. 8 at the Natural History Museum – all 75 minutes of it. Cox was the first headliner of 2010 in the First Fridays series, which continues this week with music from Yeasayer and Warpaint and discussions with Caltech professor Dr. Nathan S. Lewis titled “Where […]
Songwriter Ferraby Lionheart departed L.A. for Nashville to work on his sophomore album, “The Jack of Hearts,” which is due this spring. A handful of L.A. shows late last year revealed his new batch of vintage Americana to be downright gorgeous, and those songs will get a workout when he kicks off a Tuesday residency […]
The first tracks from O.C.-based newbies the Lost Chorus taste like comfort food for rockists – spank-the-kit rhythms beneath a churning, electro-shoegaze sheen that is part ’80s black leather and part ’00s crooked haircut. How members of the Lost Chorus found each other, though, is interesting: O.C. veterans Ryan Dennee and Dirk Lemmenes began writing […]
[Happy Grammy hangover, everyone. And happy February, already – the first night of this month’s residencies offers so much tasty music I don’t know where to turn …] First, your residency rundown: Useless Keys, whose new music we debuted in November, kick off their Echo stand behind their new EP “Is the Painting Changing?” with […]
[In between all the Grammy prepping and posturing, there is a massive amount of live music to enjoy. Don’t know where to start, really, except to wish Justin Timberlake a happy birthday on Sunday – maybe he can take home one of those cute gramophone trophies from the big awards show …] Tonight: The big […]
[While sending out birthday wishes to Sam Phillips this morning, I’ll also tip you to her new subscription-based music and art project, Long Play, and to the fact that she’s guest-editing Magnetmagazine.com this week. … Now, on with tonight’s shows:] The Key Club is back in business, although not with a full schedule. I missed […]
[Today: Happy birthday to Mike Patton. Tonight: Some nifty little shows in the neighborhood.] Speaking of birthdays, Michael Runion [pictured] is celebrating today. The Jenny Lewis/Elected sideman and solo artist is playing a Bootleg Theater show along with a bunch of his musical co-conspirators, including Rilo Kiley drummer (and now solo artist) Jason Boesel and […]
L.A. quintet Vanaprasta has come a long way since they got inside my head with their nifty guitar work last March. Not so far that they have an album out yet – that’ll happen when “Heathy Geometry” is released later this year – but far enough that their dramatic blend of churning rhythms, bright riffage […]
