Tonight in L.A.: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, the Head and the Heart, Gaby Moreno, the White Panda, Crash Kings, Jonathan Richman, Aquabats, B.B. King, Tourist, Dinosaur Bones, Escondido
Happy Saturday: ‣ Night 1 of the 24th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas goes off at the Shrine Auditorium, with Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Grouplove, Foals and New Politics. ‣ Seattle folk-rockers the Head and the Heart headline the Wiltern behind their new […]
“Lost Kitten,” the latest single from the fifth album by Metric, “Synthetica,” becomes a fanciful story in the hands of video director and fellow Torontonian Sammy Rawal, who imagines a young man’s quixotic quest to Mexico to find his mother, “an angel.” The video stars dancer/actor Sheldon McIntosh (aka Tynomi Banks, the pseudonym he uses […]
Bootie LA fanatics may recognize Jason Arnold as ShyBoy, the resident DJ and vocal mashup artist, but they may be surprised by Arnold’s ability to go beyond Top 40 hits and electronic riffs. As ShyBoy, the musician who just released his debut “Water on Mars,” Arnold taps into his musical side that enjoys Nick Drake […]
Brendan Canning‘s solo material is quite different from the complex, sprawling indie rock his main band Broken Social Scene creates. His first debut “Something For All Of Us” was much more delicate, and his sophomore solo album “You Gots 2 Chill” is executed in a similar vein. The only differences here are warm, homey feelings […]
“Campanas,” the third solo album from John Isaac Watters, is like getting a musical bear hug from an old friend. The folk singer’s solemnity and his songs’ intimacy are starkly conveyed in the new video for “Outside the Bar in Winter,” which was directed by Brian Covalt and features Katie Covalt, Jeff Newburg, Molly Burgess, […]
Tonight in L.A.: Black Joe Lewis, Thundercat, Brendan Canning, Waxahatchee, Pink Mexico, Jonathan Richman, Willoughby, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Siddhartha, the Coals, the Royal Oui
How to take the chill off your Thursday: ‣ Texas soul guy Black Joe Lewis hold forth at the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Electric Slave,” out on Vagrant. Radkey supports. ‣ Bass maestro Thundercat rocks the Echo, supported by Moses Sumney and Jonwayne. ‣ With his new solo album “You Gots 2 […]
Austin Hartley-Leonard, aka Broken Anchor, has always been heavy on the melodies no matter which instrument he may be playing. When his debut album “Fresh Lemonade” was finally officially released in September, those accessible anthems that made it on their way to several T.V. shows, also got a little more breathing room. The latest song […]
Science, meet art. Science and art, meet music. The video for Wages’ song “Pull Through” sprouted from songwriter Nick Campbell’s involvement with HATCH, a community of cross-discipline creatives who foster education and collaboration. “Pull Through’s” colorful, inky tale was part of the HATCH 10 installation, filmed by Yarrow Kraner along with Sean McDonald, Andy George, […]
Happy Wednesday: ‣ Macklemore and Ryan Lewis headline the Staples Center in support of their ever-popular album “The Heist.” That’s the video for their latest single “White Walls” above. Supporting acts include Talib Kweli, Big K.R.I.T. tonight. ‣ Things get intimate with Kaki King inside the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. She’ll continue to […]
With their latest album titled “I Hate Music,” fans know Superchunk are able to poke fun at life. In fact, their hilariously new Scott Jacobson-directed music video for the track “Void” zooms in on the the aging concert-goer in a scuzziest-of-venues scenario. The aging scene guys at Brooklyn venue Shea Stadium are played by H. […]
