[It’s Jesse McCartney’s 22nd birthday today. Is he still a big deal, or is 22 over the hill in that world? In keeping with that theme …] “It’s Spooky to Be Young” is the new album by L.A.’s Meredith Meyer [pictured]. Her sophomore effort, produced by Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Mark Gardener), […]
I have seen Alfred Darlington perform live and I know the colors in this video to be accurate. Or maybe I was just imagining them. Whatever, Darlington, stage name Daedelus, just released this Eli Stonberg-directed video for his song “LA Nocturn,” from a split EP he did on the new label Friends of Friends with […]
[A tip of the birthday cap to John Oates …] Behind the band’s new album “Hungry Bird” – completed last year after being shelved for a couple of years – Eef Barzelay brings the re-formed Clem Snide to Spaceland, with support from locals Le Switch, who have a new EP themselves. … Deep Sea Diver, […]
[Happy birthday to Merle Haggard, good riddance to my jet lag, and let’s see if after a few days in a land far, far away I can get back in the swing of things …] I only need to visit my Midwestern hometown a few days before realizing how good, as a fan of live […]
Somebody has deep pockets. The teenage L.A. rock band Acidic won an eBay auction to play a main-stage slot at Sunday’s second day of the Bamboozle Left Festival at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – with a bid of more than $13,000. The money benefits the One Love for Chi Foundation, the charity that is helping Deftones […]
[Birthday cheers today for Emmylou Harris, who, via her website, points well-wishers to her favorite charity, the Keeta Fund …] It’s a massive evening for shows, starting with biggies like Lily Allen at the Wiltern and Will Oldham, as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, at the El Rey Theatre. … It’s almost criminal that Billy is playing […]
[Happy April 1. Don’t do anything silly, I’m gullible …] Big night to be at Spaceland – Austin rockers White Denim will be on hand to play Club NME, joined by NYC (and, recently, SXSW) darling the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured]. … At the Troubadour, London’s the Rakes, whose new album “Klang” […]
What do you get when you combine rock ‘n’ roll musicians, a love for trompe l’oeil and a fascination with 18th- and 19th-century portraiture? “Gooseberries,” apparently. Which is not the same as goosebumps, although L.A. photographer Sterling Andrews might have gotten some of those too in creating the images in her “album,” which will be […]
[Birthday greetings to Angus Young of AC/DC today, and now we rock on:] Is it my imagination, or is this a rare slow day? Well, I guess it’s not slow if you’re the Newno2, the band helmed by Dhani Harrison and Oli Hecks [pictured]. Their debut album “You Are Here” comes out today, and the […]
[Happy 30th birthday to Norah Jones …] Nico Stai’s residency at Spaceland this month has been a high-energy affair, owing first to his quartet’s squeezing every ounce of juice out of his ’90s-vintage pop-rock, and second, to a lineup of buzzy opening bands that got things tingling. Tonight’s Flaunt Magazine-stamped finale (which follows Stai’s taping […]
