Despite their future-forward name, the New Electric Sound embodies old-school chops as much as they embrace vintage cardigans. Fun and breezy, the L.A- by-way-of-Provo, Utah quintet wears their Beach Boys and Buddy Holly influences well, especially when mixed with today’s SoCal surf-rock vibes. Lead vocalist and guitarist Scott Vance, bassist Tom Brinton, lead guitarist Ben […]
Sunset Strip favorites Lady Sinatra bade farewell in November after eight or so years of headbanging, but the band’s singer/producer Joseph “Bunny” Holiday had something new up his sleeve. The trio Bunny Vincent just released “Love Won’t Last,” the first single from a full-length due later this month. In his solo project, Holiday teams up […]
Hobart W Fink – the quartet of singer-guitarist Jayk Gallagher, singer Lauren Lakis, bassist Noe Santiago and AJ Brown – had a robust 2013. Their hard-driving indie-rock, spiked with ’90s-style riffage, tempo changes and twining boy/girl vocals, was on full display on their “Four Eyes, Five Tails” EP, and they followed it up in November with […]
The best and the rest of Wednesday: ‣ Rosanne Cash, appearing with John Leventhal, plays songs from her new album “The River and the Thread” (out next week) at the Troubadour. ‣ Pop provocateur Ethan Gold headlines the Bootleg Bar, playing his 2011 gem “Songs From a Toxic Apartment” in its entirety – and projecting […]
Connan Mockasin’s music is all … well, gooey. The New Zealand-bred, London-based artist has weathered a slow climb to notoriety, finally getting notice (and a U.S. release, via the Mexican Summer label) for his November album “Caramel” – which, he told NME, was based entirely on what he imagined the confection would sound like. Mission […]
We here at BBLA have made our peace with the excessive outpouring of synth-pop (also mostly duos) that are coming out of L.A., but every now and then there is a band whose electro flourishes are undeniably effervescent. Enter Fleurs, the duo comprised of Simon French and Jaq Diaz responsible for the refreshing four-track EP […]
Should you need a little mirth to start off your week – it is “Blue Monday,” after all – your prescription should include three minutes with the video for Liam Gowing’s “The Perfect Parasite.” Directed by Steven Hanft (Beck, the Cure, Phoenix and Ariel Pink, among others), the madcap clip stars Jennifer Rosetto as the substance-obsessed heroine. […]
Incoming: Califone, Vanaprasta, DWNTWN, Criminal Hygiene, Tiny Hearts, Hudson, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Rosanne Cash, Ethan Gold, De Lux, Viza, Youngblood Hawke, Pickwick, Golden State, Tribal Seeds, Michael Kiwanuka, Missing Persons, Snoop Lion, Dawes/Nick Waterhouse/Allah-Las, Linkin Park/the Offspring, Tennis, Rye Rye, Spindrift, the White Buffalo, Jonny Lang, Dramarama, Sanglorians Above:Â Â Pickwick, the Seattle-based band […]
Califone, the long-running Chicago-based purveyors of circuit-bent Americana, won substantial praise for their 2013 release “Stitches,” a collection like so many in the band’s catalog that steers clear of the clichés that burden the genre. The latest in a series of videos for songs on the album is “Movie Music Kills a Kiss,” featuring songwriter […]
Here’s your Saturday: ‣ Bay Area quartet Bells Atlas brings their soulful Afrobeat to the Bootleg Bar, supported by Fell Runner and Duckwrth. That’s Bells Atlas’ video for “Loving You Down,” above. ‣ Miracle Days celebrate the release of their debut album “Something for the Weight” with a show at the Satellite that also features […]
