Incoming: Camp Flog Gnaw festival, Electric Youth, Dorothy, Amason, Wartime Recitals, the Bug, the Diamond Light, Scott Weiland, Dreaming Bull, Secret Chiefs 3, GWAR, Patty Griffin, Wax Tailor, Fat White Family, Rebirth Brass Band, Mariachi El Bronx, Bleachers, Jake Bugg, Gazelle Twin, Pissed Jeans, Nickelback, Clockwise, Traps PS, Julian Casablancas, Dropkick Murphys, the Black Keys, […]
Clocks back, moving forward: ‣Â Jimmy Eat World, celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Futures,” visits Club Nokia, supported by Minibosses. ‣ His new album “Phantom Radio” just out, Mark Lanegan brings his band to the El Rey Theatre. Above, the video for “Sad Lover,” from Lanegan’s “No Bells on Sunday” EP that preceded “Phantom Radio’s” release […]
L.A. quintet Kissing Cousins re-emerge for their first release since 2011 when the new EP “In With Them” lands on Dec. 9, and the song “Cover Me,” with its slow-motion heavy metal riffs, makes for some strong musical paranoia in the video directed by frontwoman Heather Heywood and filmed by Raechel Zarzynski and Justin Bell. […]
Are you in the Halloween mood yet? If you aren’t then this new animated video for Mystery Skulls‘ “Ghost” might do the trick. Although it’s not the scariest of clips, it will have you reminiscing about old Scooby Doo cartoons with your pals. Animators Ben Mangum, Isaiah Kim and Blake Hudson found much inspiration from […]
If you didn’t know the source, the chorus of “It’s Not You” might be something overheard in a practice space in Echo Park where some kids are working on their next cassette. It’s the Buzzcocks (est. 1976), now doing business in the lineup of long-timers Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle with 2008 additions Chris Remington […]
L.A.-based White Dove has always worn its California rock and pop influences well. Elements reminiscent of the Byrds and Fleetwood Mac have seeped into their sound yielding wonderfully filtered nostalgia. Alex Johnstone, Jack Long, Carl Harders and newest member Michael Morgan now follow up their excellent 2013 debut “The Hoss, the Candle” with a 7-inch […]
Thursday’s highlights: ‣ Homecoming for two bands who originally hail from southern California: Indie-rockers Delta Spirit headline the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Into the Wide.” And Deep Sea Diver opens. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event visits the Greek Theatre ‣ Citizen Cope is celelbrating the 10th anniversary of “The Clarence Greenwood Recordings” […]
Have a very fine Wednesday: ‣ Austin classic rockers the Wild Feathers rock the El Rey Theatre in support of their self-titled debut album. The Apache Relay supports. ‣ Delta Spirit does the second three L.A. shows this week, this one at the Troubadour with Sacco opening. ‣ With his self-titled solo album on the […]
The vintage home-movie vibe of the new video for “Are We Saying Goodbye” is a perfect fit for the song and its languid mix of synths and strings. The arching, emotional tune is from Kan Wakan’s debut album “Moving On,” released in April. Filmed and directed by and starring Matt Helders (the Arctic Monkeys drummer) […]
The final Monday in October, and it’s a good one: ‣ Bi-coastal synth-pop trio Faded Paper Figures (John Williams teaches at Yale; Heather and Kael Alden are based in L.A.) headline the Viper Room behind their new album “Relics,” their fourth. Above, their new video for “Breathing.” ‣ U.K. singer-songwriter Ben Howard [see “I Forget […]
