Tonight in L.A.: Active Child, X, Immortal Technique, KING, Watts50, SonReal, Trans Am, Harry Connick Jr., the Young Dubliners, Danzig, Porter, Lord Huron, Will Downing, Spindrift
Big Friday night of free shows and fantastic shows: ► Active Child [pictured] performs at the Cathedral Sanctuary at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church behind his new album “Mercy.” Below, watch the video for Active Child’s new song “1999.” ► X continue their four-show run at the Observatory, tonight featuring their 1981 album “Wild Gift.” ► […]
Only a month after Gardens & Villa debuted “Fixations” — the trippy lead single from their forthcoming third album “Music for Dogs” — the band unveiled the video for the song. And at the risk of playing right into the hands of the Gardens & Villa marketing onslaught for that forthcoming third album, we feel compelled to […]
Transplanted Floridians Chris Hess and Adam Winn wear their new Southern California environs well — building on the shapes and sounds of their “Feel” EP (which got a deserved deluxe release last year), their music as SWIMM captures L.A.’s intoxicating vibe while obsessing over its illusory image as the Land Where Dreams Come True. “On the […]
A little gentle stalking goes a long way in Ducktails’ friendly music video for “Surreal Exposure.” Matt Mondanile creeps around a Far Rockaway, Queens, home with recording devices and binoculars while musician Mac DeMarco strums a guitar inside, until Mondanile gathers the courage to knock on the door. What ensues is a comically awkward exchange […]
Sounding lovelorn and world-weary as ever, the new single from L.A. roots-rocker Patrick Duniven (dba Duniven) is titled “My Mayra,” the subject of which inspires the kind of obsession that makes many a dude anguish over his drinks. In the video, Duniven gets high with a little help from his friends — several of whom […]
Brandon Curtis was part of the critically adored trio Secret Machines, along with his late brother Benjamin (School of Seven Bells) and Josh Garza, who now drums with EFG. Since Secret Machines’ three-album run from 2004 to ’08, he has been a producer and a touring member of Interpol, as well as contributing to the […]
Fun fact: Lionel “Vinyl” Williams is the grandson of John Williams, who scored music for flicks such as “E.T.,” “Star Wars,” “Superman,” “Home Alone,” “Jurassic Park,” “Indiana Jones” and “Jaws.” This in no way prepares your ears for Vinyl Williams, aside from lending credibility to his musical genealogy. The young, curly-haired artist/musician is about to […]
Memo to friends who host those fun ’80s club nights: Mix in a few jams from the new album by aptly named synth-pop artist the New Division and see if any of your patrons notice. The band, the vehicle for the songwriting and production of Riverside’s John Glenn Kunkel, makes synth-pop largely faithful to the […]
The video for “Living In The Snow” delivers an artsy extradimensional roller-coaster that should be looping on a public access channel somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. The video, much like Mocky’s new album, “Key Change,” causes you to question the perception of sight, sound and technology. Are you hearing something made by one person in […]
Monday night mania: ► Irish singer Soak — 18-year-old Bridie Monds-Watson [pictured] — visits the Echo behind her debut album “Before We Forget How to Dream” (just out on Rough Trade). Bouquet opens. Below, Soak’s video for “Blud.” ► Sonny Boy Thorn [see “Dance to the Beat”] kick off a residency at the Satellite, with National […]
