Incoming: The Wild Reeds, Froth, VUM, Tenacious D, Matthew Sweet, Dillon Francis, the Aggrolites, the Growlers, Moving Units, Cypress Hill, Sublime with Rome, the Game, Agent Orange, Project Blowed 19th Anniversary, Neil Hamburger Above: That’s the Game’s video for “All That (Lady),” feturing Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Jeremih. The Game brings “Fresh Fest” to the […]
On the first official day of winter … ‣ It’s Stevie Wonder’s 18th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. ‣ Long-running L.A. rockers the Muffs headline the Satellite, supported by Peach Kelli Pop and Honeychain. ‣ We Are Scientists, joined by Hands play a free show Universal CityWalk. That’s […]
It’s Friday, so if you’re not hitting the road for the holidays, hit a show: ‣ New York-based soft rock phenoms Baby Alpaca, the band built around singer Chris Kittrell and Zach McMillan, headlines the Bootleg Bar behind their self-titled EP, supported by the Range, Future Twin and Glorious Wonder. That’s Baby Alpaca’s video for “Sea […]
Los Angeles’ perennial hip-hop MC Murs has a new imprint called Label 316, and he has put together a new posse-showcasing track titled “S.O.S.” The Pharaoh Davis-directed music video was shot at the Beach Hut Deli in Reno, Nev., full of old-school arcade games, and features Highland Park’s Reverie, New Jersey’s Kosha Dillz, Oklahoma City’s […]
Hmm … Tuesday … ‣ It’s Tuesday, and maybe you’re not in the mood for mindless dance-pop or hard rock. In that case, there’s Swedish singer-pianist Anna Von Hausswolff at the Bootleg Bar. (Do not watch the video for “Deathbed,” above, if you are squeamish.) Von Hausswolf released her grandiose, church organ-drenched album “Ceremony” earlier […]
[It’s that time of year … when our inbox is full of holiday songs. We’re sorting our mailbag and will share one a day, all week:] It’s becoming something of a tradition for Eastern Conference Champions – craft a holiday original and gift-wrap it in time for Dec. 25. Last year, it was “Nuclear Christmas,” […]
Incoming: Young Dubliners, Jeff Tweedy, Icona Pop, Kill Hannah, NOFX, Judy Collins, Pere Ubu, Juliette Commagere, King Krule, That Noise, El-P, Chance the Rapper, Andrew Bird, Yuna, Iggy Azalea, Holograms, Canvases, Camp Freddy, Suicidal Tendencies, Baby Alpaca, the Vandals, Stevie Wonder, Cults, We Are Scientists, HOTTÂ MT, the Muffs, Kate Earl, the Muffs, Youth Brigade […]
Orange County beach-goth miscreants the Growlers have certainly earned their beer money this year. In January, they released the 15-song full-length “Hung at Heart,” and in November they followed up with an album-length EP, “Guilded Pleasures.” In between those releases, they toured the globe. And somewhere in there Taylor Bonin made videos for the songs […]
‣ Dawes plays a big hometown show at the Wiltern – the quartet’s latest album “Stories Don’t End” came out in April, and they recently collaborated with the Killers on the holiday single “Christmas in L.A.” That’s Owen Wilson in the video for the song, the proceeds from which benefit the Global Fund to fight […]
Yuna’s smoky vocals earned her a spotlight in her home country as a singer-songwriter early on, but it wasn’t until Pharrell Williams took her under his wings to produce the seductive anthem “Live Your Life,” that the Malaysian singer began to garner praise her sophisticated delivery. Putting a Southeast Asian spin on pop music, Yuna […]
