L.A. favorites Avid Dancer have emerged with a new music video for their song “All Your Words Are Gone” from their upcoming debut “1st Bath,” due April 14 via Grand Jury Records. Marine line drummer-turned-guitar-wielding-frontman Jacob Dillan Summers is the calming face of the video full of soothing pastel colors, paper shapes and a collection […]
Incoming: The Juliana Hatfield Three, Conway, Ben Ottewell, Salt Petal, Kevin Seconds, Dugas, Safia, Layman, RedRumsey, Flogging Molly, Bad Lands, Redwood Still, Warm Thoughts, Brother Sal, Anthony Jeselnik, Liphemra, Sophia Knapp, Ani DiFranco, Pearl and the Beard, Henry Wolfe, Kingdoms, Bad Romantics, Saviors, Sand Babes, Anthony David & Algebra Blesset, Susanna Hoffs, The Dorian Cheah […]
Happy Sunday: â–º It’s a loud Sunday with A Place to Bury Strangers headlining the Echoplex in support of their latest album “Transfixiation.” Creepoid and Tennis System also bring some noise. â–º Upstair at the Echo, Bambu presents Part Worker Live with DJ Phatrick. â–º Title Fight does their second SoCal date of the weekend […]
Selections for your sunny Saturday:Â â–º Title Fight headline the Regent Theater in support of their latest album “Hyperview.” It’s a solid night with support from Merchandise and Power Trip. â–º English psychedelic music project Shpongle takes over the Fonda Theatre with tunes off their latest album “Museum of Consciousness” and special guest Phutureprimitive. Zebber […]
When L.A. quartet Dear Boy debuted their majestic “Hesitation Waltz” last August, it marked a major steppingstone for a band working to separate itself from the alt-rock masses. The sweeping, bittersweet anthem “is about the impossibility of reconnecting,” frontman Ben Grey says. “Before every fall, there is a moment that you take for granted. This […]
Consider this cover of Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes” an example of band calisthenics. It’s the work of L.A. electro-pop band Youngblood Hawke, who, to their credit, take ownership of the 1981 hit rather than just ape it. The video, shot by Janell Shirtcliff and edited by singer-keyboardist Sam Martin, captures the stalker vibe of […]
Don’t be deceived by the very DIY video for “Pointless,” Light FM are total pros. The long-running indie-rock band helmed by singer/multi-instrumentalist/studio ace Josiah Mazzaschi this week added a new EP to a catalog that includes five full-lengths (the last, “Voices Inside My Head,” in 2013) and one EP. Currently working with a lineup that […]
Have a fun Friday night: â–º NYC’s MisterWives headline the Troubadour behind their album “Our Own House.” BØRNS and Handsome Ghost open. â–º Veteran troubadour Martin Sexton holds forth at the El Rey Theatre behind his latest, “Mixtape of the Open Road,” with Brothers McCann supporting. â–º At the Wiltern, it’s Kongos, Sir Sly and […]
Beware Of Darkness is now a one-man show, singer-guitarist Kyle Nicolaides having parted ways with Daniel Curcio and Tony Cupito, and on the follow-up to 2013’s full-length “Orthodox,” the “Sanctuary Season” mixtape, the Santa Barbara-bred, L.A.-based guitar-slinger shelves his heavy blues in favor of some heavy soul-searching. He calls the release an “in between,” since […]
Thursday’s show menu: â–º Walk the Moon bring their “Talking Is Hard Tour” to the Hollywood Palladium. The Griswolds support. â–º London sibling duo 2:54 visit the Echoplex behind their second album, “The Other I,” with Honeyblood and Golden Daze supporting. â–º At the Echo, it’s Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, along with Dads […]
