[Here we are, Sunset Junction hangover and all, starting another great week of shows:] One of the most memorable sets last April at Coachella was Friendly Fires’ early-afternoon assault in 100-degree (give or take) heat in the Gobi Tent. In fact, I’ll venture to say it was almost superhuman – both on the part of […]
That annual collision of people, pavement and pop music known as Sunset Junction is upon us. The two-day street fair may very well be on its last legs – I frankly don’t know what to make of all the political wrasslin’ – so I vote that we just enjoy it while we can. At 20 […]
[Birthday greetings go out to Tori Amos on Saturday. And I’ll probably forget something, but here’s what’s in store for the weekend – I’ll have a separate item on Sunset Junction a little later …] Today: Welsh indie-pop septet Los Campesinos! [pictured] swing back through town for a show at the El Rey Theatre. Last […]
What a long, strange summer it’s turning out to be for L.A. quartet Carney. The bluesy rockers – who it seems like I’ve been hearing about forever although they only have a single and an EP to their credit after about three years – has done some club dates, traveled to Australia, opened for the […]
Caught between rock and a hard place, Division Day chose rock. Obsidian, if I had to choose a particular stone. “Visitation,” the album that announces the return of the Los Angeles quartet from a year-plus period of travails and self-doubt, is dark, dense and polished. It’s so intense and claustrophobic that you’d think the guys […]
Elvis Costello, with a new album of Americana titled “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” brings his all-star roots-rock lineup to the Greek Theatre. Lucinda Williams opens. … It’s the album-release party for Correatown’s “Spark. Burn. Fade” [recommended] at the Echo, where Marvelous Toy, the Breakups and Killsonic support. … At Spaceland, it’s” the Minor Canon along with […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Belinda Carlisle today. Here’s what’s up tonight:] The Flaming Lips, fresh off a weekend appearance at Beer Fest in San Diego County, land at the Greek Theatre, with Ghostland Observatory in tow. Playing early is Stardeath and White Dwarfs – the new band fronted by Wayne Coyne’s nephew and […]
[The second in the weekly Stolen Lyric series. Check out last week’s.] ||| Source: The Flaming Lips, “The Sound of Failure” ||| Live: The Flaming Lips perform Monday at the Greek Theatre and Tuesday at the Fox Theater in Pomona.
Today: I’m not one for painting my face or wearing red noses (go ahead, hit me with your punchline), but dressing up gets you a free CD at the the Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Circus at the Echoplex, where, fresh from Lollapalooza, the Henry Clay People perform, joined by Fol Chen, the Flying Tourbillon Orchestra […]
Tankfarm, the Orange County-based clothing company who used to partner with Future Sounds on their compilation CDs of music by breaking artists, have now hooked up with the MySpace Records Friends & Family program on a similar venture. The partnership’s first mix – featuring the likes of Sabrosa Purr [pictured], Jonneine Zapata, All Smiles, U-N-I, […]
