[Apologies for the tardiness of this post. Your faithful servant was still reeling from the rawk-accompanied video montages they showed at the Cardinals-Dodgers game last night …] It’s a big night for Sean Tillman, who in his persona as disco party captain Har Mar Superstar launches into a U.S. tour by headlining the Echo. Har […]
[My reference material tells me Simon Cowell turns the big Five-Oh today. I know that name from somewhere. … Here’s what’s happening somewhere else:] Fever Ray, the solo incarnation of singer Karin Dreijer Andersson of critical darlings the Knife, plays to a sold-out Fonda tonight behind its wonderfully eerie self-titled album [Above, the video for […]
[Birthday greetings go out to Matthew Sweet today. And, tonight:] Not a good thing when your band name is more memorable than your music. Portland quartet Starf*cker – who brings its modest dance-pop to the Echo tonight – is doing something about its career-assassinating name, anyway. The band just called upon its fans to participate […]
[It’s Colin Meloy’s birthday, so we send best wishes to him as we dive headlong into a new week …] Three excellent residencies start in Silver Lake/Echo Park environs, all featuring artists whose albums I have touted in this space. Jonneine Zapata [album, tour diary], fresh off the road with Soulsavers, does Mondays this month […]
Can there be too much of a good thing? The Eagle Rock Music Festival – which, if you have any affection for good local music at all, qualifies – is liable to have you sprinting up and down Colorado Boulevard on Saturday. By my count, there are about 70 bands performing on 15 or so […]
[Wishing happy 40th birthday to Damon Gough, who’s Badly Drawn Boy to most folks, and zooming into the weekend. I have keep this real brief this morning …] Today: If you don’t win the lotto and get into the Thom Yorke “rehearsal” at the Echoplex, there are a couple of other shows that have my […]
It’ll be a bittersweet night Saturday at Spaceland. Local pop quintet You Me & Iowa is splitting up after six years – and releasing their new (and final) album, “Aquarium.” “We feel we’ve reached a point where we need to explore new musical territory that cannot be achieved as the ensemble, You Me & Iowa,” […]
[We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.] Haven’t had a chance until now to tout the new Cave Singers’ sophomore album, “Welcome Joy” [download below], a nice slice of laid-back folk that came out in August. The Seattle band hits the Echo tonight. … Swedish quartet Sahara Hotnights kind of vanished from my radar […]
Funny thing happened after Eastern Conference Champions frontman Josh Ostrander lost his voice. His band kinda liked him. The singer of the L.A.-via-Philadelphia trio was known for his keening vocals that pinched every ounce of emotion out of the melody lines on the band’s wiry 2007 debut, “Ameritown.” But in 2008 after a U.K. tour, […]
[I’m a little biased about tonight’s proceedings.] Eastern Conference Champions and Voxhaul Broadcast co-headline Buzz Bands LA’s One-Year Anniversary [details here] at the Echo. It’s an EP release party for both bands, and the bill is augmented by Samuel Stewart and Radio Freq. … Plenty else going on – the big stuff includes Pearl Jam […]
