Tuesday’s big deals: ‣ Frightened Rabbit and Augustines bring their rafter-rattling indie-rock to the Avalon Hollywood. ‣ U.K. lightning bolt Jake Bugg headlines the Fonda Theatre, supported by Honeyhoney. ‣ Phosphorescent visits the El Rey Theatre behind its brilliant album “Muchacho.” Indians support. ‣ Portland-based singer-songwriter Laura Veirs plays the Bootleg Theater behind her new […]
We were still nursing our SXSW hangover last spring when Spirit Animal – the New York-based quartet fronted by L.A. ex-pat Steve Cooper – busted out this song-and-dance at the Satellite. It being Silver Lake, the crowd was slow to join in, but “The Black Jack White” probably has a bright future as a party […]
Monday, kinda like a weekend: ‣ We can’t seem to get enough savagery. U.K. post-punk femmes Savages return to L.A. for the third time this year (four, if you count Coachella) when they play the Fonda Theatre, with Duke Garwood opening. Here’s what it looked like in July when Savages rocked the El Rey. Above, […]
Incoming: Way Over Yonder festival, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Savages, Arctic Monkeys, Dr. Dog, Yacht, Terraplane Sun, Menomena, Frightened Rabbit, Jake Bugg, Phosphorescent, Laura Veirs, Kitten, Olafur Arnalds, Depeche Mode, Travis, Moby, Allah-Lahs, Noah & the Whale, Simone White, HOTT MT, Filter, the Cold & Lovely, Matt Nathanson, You Me At Six, Youth Lagoon, Foreigner, […]
A very busy Sunday: ‣ The XX visit the Hollywood Bowl as the U.K. trio wraps up touring behind their widely praised album “Coexist.” Chromatics and Austra support. ‣ Arctic Monkeys kick off a sold-out, three-show stand at the Wiltern behind their new album “AM,” their fifth full-length. Mini Mansions open. ‣ It’s Night 2 […]
Big night on the town: ‣ First, this: Buzz Bands LA’s 5-Year Anniversary with Army Navy, Dream Boys, Charlie Clark and Beat Club at the Satellite. ‣ Zach Condon and Beirut visit the Fonda Theatre – we’re just about due to get a follow-up to “Rip Tide,” right? ‣ Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who released “II” […]
If there’s a tune to soundtrack your last few hours of daydreaming at the office, this is where dreamy two-piece Boardwalk steps in. The duo comprised of Mike Edge and Amber Quintero releases yet another serene single titled “High Water,” with its ethereal guitar tones, brushing percussion and velvety-textured yet molasses-slow vocals. Its Alfredo Lopez-directed video doesn’t […]
ARMS’ 2011 album “Summer Skills” was one of our favorites that year for its ability to pull off intense mood swings in imaginative ways – primal rhythms, molten synth tones, bombastic but unpredictable guitars. It felt .. well, weighty, like all that agitation and banging were purposeful. After a break, main man Todd Goldstein (ex-Harlem Shakes) […]
If a human being could Make Things Better just through the sheer force of his voice, Touché Amoré vocalist Jeremy Bohm is that guy. The L.A. quintet’s third album “Is Survived By” (out this week via Deathwish Inc., home to Cold Cave, Converge and Deafheaven, among others) turns the darkness and rage usually associated with […]
Here’s to a wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Soulful U.K. trio London Grammar plays a sold-out Troubadour behind its debut album “If You Wait,” with L.A.-based singer-songwriter Jaymes Young opening. ‣ Post-hardcore quintet Touché Amoré celebrates this week’s release of its new album “Is Survived By” with a show at Los Globos. Pennsylvania’s Balance & Composure, also […]
