The South by Southwest Music Festival, our favorite annual music orgy, kicks off Wednesday in Austin, and Los Angeles will be well-repped. Besides a lot of the familiar names – Queens of the Stone Age, She Wants Revenge, Cold War Kids, the Airborne Toxic Event, Ariel Pink, Fitz & the Tantrums and, yes, even the […]
Kicking off the first weekend in March: ‣ Releasing an album, “Gemini,” followed by an EP, “Golden Haze,” Virginia’s Wild Nothing won a lot of indie hearts last year. Songwriter Jack Tatum and band bring their dream-pop to this month’s installment of First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, where they are supported by L.A.’s […]
Of great shows big and small: ‣ With a new album “Wit’s End” on the way in April, singer-songwriter Cass McCombs plays the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock, joined by Big Search and Frank Fairfield. ‣ Har Mar Superstar and Marijuana Deathsquads wind up their residency at the Satellite – and it’s been […]
Top choices for what looks to be a wet Saturday night: ‣ Tonight’s show at the Satellite could be the last we hear from Admiral Radley for a while. The quartet – the union of Jason Lytle (pictured during last year’s Also I Like to Rock performance at the Hammer Museum) and Aaron Burtch from […]
“We are all born insane,” ex-Shudder to Think frontman Craig Wedren sings in his new song “Are We” – an interesting hypthesis, to be sure – but if that isn’t the case then the video for the song might make you a little crazy. The 360-degree, interactive movie for the song, the work of Tim […]
You’ve got to hand it to Jim Fairchild – he does not twiddle his thumbs when he’s not on tour as Modest Mouse’s guitarist. This week he released his third album in just under four years as All Smiles. “Staylow and Mighty,” made with an assist from Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer and featuring cameos […]
[In lieu of flowers, a bouquet of music for Feb. 14 …] Acid House Kings, “Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?” – We’ve liked these Swedes every since 2002’s gem “Mondays Are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays” … in fact, we’ve liked these Swedes more than some of the Swedes you probably […]
[Happy Grammy hangover. Happy Arcade Fire fans. Happy Valentine’s Day. Happy birthday to twin storms Stephen and Ben Tegel …] The best things in life, at least tonight, are free: ‣ Lucinda Williams, still going strong at 58, has a new album out March 1 titled “Blessed” – which is how folks might feel if […]
Scottish wall-of-sound-builders Mogwai already have the leading candidate for best album title of 2011; “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” will be out on Sub Pop on Feb. 15. The video – from Antony Crook’s documentary on cyclist James Bowthorpe, “30 Century Man” – offers an edited version of the song … which I […]
Good music, good friends and holiday cheer – for a good cause. That’s what’s in store Dec. 21 at the Echo for Buzz Bands LA’s Holiday Happening, featuring Lonely Trees along with Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits, John Carpenter and Non Ultra Joy. Tickets are $5 at the door, and like we did a last year’s Buzz […]
