It seems like Paul Larson has been a familiar figure on the Silver Lake scene before there was even a Silver Lake scene. Larson, the lead singer and principal confessor in the Minor Canon, made an album with Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, the Postal Service) and Chris Gunst (Beachwood Sparks) during the Clinton Administration, and has […]
[Welcome to June. We’ll celebrate by kicking off some new residencies – and by wishing the Broken West’s Ross Flournoy a happy birthday …] Oliver Future takes another big step in its morphosis by launching a residency at the Echo, and the first night will offer Useless Keys as main support. … At Spaceland, Castledoor […]
[Kylie Minogue celebrates a birthday today, and on a more modest scale I submit to you a celebratory list of fine shows tonight …] St. Vincent, the nom de tune of Annie Clark, returns to L.A. for a show at the El Rey Theatre behind her new album, “Actor.” Should be good: The Times spent […]
On one hand, everything you need to know about War Tapes is right here in “Dreaming of You,” the first song to put the quartet on the Los Angeles landscape. Over urgent beats and ringing guitars, singer Neil Popkin gives it his best Depeche Mode-meets-She Wants Revenge, making his girl reverie sound as foreboding as […]
[Happy birthday to Neil Finn … Now on to a busy night on the circuit:] Big shows at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum: The Prodigy, behind their muscular new album “Invaders Must Die,” return to L.A., and if Soundcheck’s review of Wednesday’s show at the Grove of Anaheim is any indication, the Palladium will […]
[Stevie Nicks blows out birthday candles today, though the big party with her admirers isn’t until Thursday, when Fleetwood Mac plays Staples Center. Meanwhile, tonight …] With her new album “Jigsaw” finally out, British rapper Lady Sovereign hits the El Rey Theatre tonight. supported by Harvard-bred pop lads Chester French. … Quality country at Spaceland, […]
[Cheers to Paul Weller, who’s celebrating a birthday today … and here’s how you can usher out your holiday weekend:] The three Silver Lake/Echo Park residencies end with a bang: Gangi wraps things up at Spaceland with support from Local Natives and Warpaint; soulful kids Mississippi Man and shoegazers Lower Heaven [pictured] help residents Golden […]
[Another reason to mope – Morrissey turns 50 today. I don’t know what path he will take, but I stopped taking off my shirt in public about that age. Moz will be feted by the obligatory show by covermeisters Sweet and Tender Hooligans at the House of Blues, if you feel like celebrating …] Today: […]
In their early days, the 88 used to get compared a lot to the Kinks. Now, as they showed on last year’s “Not Only … But Also,” they’ve come into their own, and three albums into their career they can flex their musical muscles any which way. Tonight at the Key Club, the L.A. outfit […]
[Happy birthday to Jason LaRocca of the local punk outfit the Briggs. Here’s where to rock out tonight:] Busy, busy night, from the big spaces to the big rooms and on down. That highly anticipated Nine Inch Nails / Jane’s Addiction tour hits the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, and also under the evening skies is the […]
