Australian multi-instrumentalist Lara Meyerratken — aka El May — has a pretty long resume. She’s not only done well as a composer in the film and TV industry, but she’s also either performed or recorded with artists like Luscious Jackson, Nada Surf, Crooked Fingers and more. She was most commonly associated with fellow Australian musician Ben […]
The Wombats have started 2015 with a bang by releasing their newest single, “Greek Tragedy†off their forthcoming LP, “Glitterbug,†out April 7th via Bright Antenna Records. Zane Lowe deemed the track “Hottest Record†on Radio 1, a high honor for the Liverpool lads. Singer Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen and drummer Dan […]
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Estelle pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a second video for her latest single “Conquerer.” The track was originally released in 2014, but with a new mix and footage of Selma to Montgomery marches, it’s an empowering homage to today’s national holiday and the man whom it was named […]
Happy MLK Day: ► Sego winds up its residency at the Bootleg HiFi with a stellar lineup featuring friends Francisco the Man, Eastern Conference Champions and Bizzy Kiddo. [UPDATE: Michael Fiore of Criminal Hygiene will be playing a solo set in place of Bizzy Kiddo.] ► Holychild‘s residency continues at the Echo with Mereki and Dream Machines […]
Incoming: Riots, Archer Black, the Zodiac Party, Ivory Deville, Freddy Jones Band, Hudson, IAN, Andrew Bird, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the Blasters, Guster, Casro, Royal Tongues, Nacosta, Sympathetic Frequencies, Eric McFadden, Styx, Twin Shadow, WATERS, the Donkeys, Tinashe, Moon Hooch, Boots Electric, White Arrows, FIDLAR, Night Terrors of 1927, the Wombats, Jimmy Gnecco, […]
Alge, pronounced “algae,” is a new one-man project from producer, singer and songwriter Jon Weinman, now based in Los Angeles. He recently relocated from Brooklyn after completing the Clive Davis Program for Recorded Music at NYU, and subsequently playing and producing with his band Sioux Lion, as well as producing and writing for other artists, […]
If Sonny Smith ever does do a movie, we’ll be there, searching for a plot but thoroughly enjoying it. The new Sonny & the Sunsets album “Talent Night at the Ashram” began as a film project, and judging from some of the songs’ episodic snippets it could be about eight film projects. In making the […]
Shows on a full-up Friday night: â–º The Budos Band visits the Regent Theater behind their latest album “Burnt Offering,” with Death Valley Girls supporting. â–º Stooges guitarist James Williamson (with guests Alison Mosshart, Jello Biafra, Lisa Kekaula, Joe Cardamone and more) plays songs from his solo album “Re-Licked,” a collection of re-imagined rarities he […]
Title Fight are gearing up for the release of their third full-length album, “Hyperview,†out on Feb. 3. The follow-up to the “Spring Songs†EP marks their first release on Anti-. The Pennsylvania-bred punk rockers — singer-bassist Ned Russin, singer-guitarist Jamie Rhoden, guitarist Shane Moran and drummer Ben Russin — formed in 2003, while they were […]
Expand your world, it’s Thursday: â–º Singer-songwriter Brian Lopez brings the lush, atmospheric folk-pop on his second record, September’s “Static Noise,” to the Silverlake Lounge for the first of two L.A. dates. (He’s at the Mint on Friday.) Above, Nadine Roselle’s video for the title track. â–º Electro-pop is the order of the night at […]
