Makes sense that a guy who goes toe-to-toe with zombies and killers every week would like his gnarly guitar rock. Norman Reedus — who plays Daryl Dixon on “The Walking Dead” (and last year got to channel his inner Dinosaur Jr. fanboy) directs the new video for “Blinded” by young L.A. sibling duo the Bots. […]
It’s Wednesday? Feels like a weekend: â–º Portland indie-poppers Wild Ones [see “From Nothing”] swing back through L.A. for the second time this year — behind their debut album “Keep It Safe,” they’re at Club Bahia along with Elliot Moss and local sirens Smoke Season and Riothorse Royale. â–º Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney headlines the Wiltern […]
Cincinnati indie-pop duo Bad Veins are due to release their fourth album, “The Mess Remade†(the follow-up to 2012’s “The Mess We’ve Madeâ€), on March 17 via Dynamite Music. Benjamin Davis and Jake Bonta (sans now-departed drummer Sebastien Schultz) are the main members of Bad Veins, but there is also a third — a 1973 […]
If Mary J. Blige were just getting into the music scene, had a cleaner tone and decided to pursue the ever-evolving synth soundscape, we’d have Dead Right. Well, we’d have vocalist Graham Knoxx at least, but certainly not in a nutshell. Knoxx released a solo EP titled “Echo” in 2012, but it wasn’t until she […]
Yeah. So. Tuesday: â–º Thirty-five years between albums. Really, the least you could do is show up. U.K. post-punk legends the Pop Group play the Echoplex, supported by Peaking Lights and Sex Stains. â–º Hardcore dude Retox shred Los Globos behind their new album “Beneath California,” with Whores, To the Point and Nomads opening. Above, […]
Following the 2012 EP “In Love With The Enemy,” Los Angeles artist Kita Klane released her sophomore EP, the four-track “Fingerprints,” last week, a moody and sultry batch of indie-soul. The black-and-white video of the title track was directed by Nic Harcourt (the former KCRW music director and current KCSN morning host), stars Mike O’Malley […]
Monday evening’s possible outings: â–º Outlaw country singer Billy Joe Shaver visit the Troubadour behind his latest release, “Long in the Tooth,” the 75-year-old’s first album in six years. The Easy Leaves open. â–º Conway and her band continues their residency at the Satellite, supported by the Bulls, Kid Cadaver and Armors. â–º New Jersey’s […]
Incoming: CRSSD Festival, Young Rising Sons, Katelyn Tarver, Down & Outlaws, Lido, Conway, Dugas, Billy Joe Shaver, Vimana, Tim Gray & the Delusions, Tyga, Branches, Menage, The Pop Group, Romeo Testa, Retox, San Cisco, Supa nova, Jesse Jo Stark, The Floor Show, Mat Kearny, Hey Rosetta, The Crazy Brave, Howlin’ Rain, Hobart W Fink, Mutilation […]
Tall Tales and the Silver Lining’s new album “Tightropes” is cut from the same 1970s California vibe as some other artists burning the Laurel Canyon flame (say, Dawes), except that the stitching is a little looser. It’s a good fit either way; singer-songwriter Trevor Beld Jimenez, who migrated to L.A. from Ventura some years ago, […]
After gaining steam with a couple releases on the French label Kitsuné, London’s Years & Years, recent winners of the “BBC Sound of 2015†award, have just released their new single “King†via Polydor Records. The trio is days away from wrapping up recording their debut full-length album (due in June), which is sure to […]
