Some videos make one feel as if they are bouncing with the beat, but the black-and-white clip accompanying Boy‘s song “Oh Boy,” makes you feel as if you are dancing with members Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass. Sure, there are synchronized dance moves, but the off-kilter and nature-centric scenes that quickly flash across the scene […]
Twenty-three-year-old L.A. songstress Lucy Schwartz has a fine new album, “Timekeeper” (out last month), a list of TV and movie song credits a mile long and, as it turns out, an adorable hound named Banjo. The pooch is the star of the video for the single “Boomerang,” a song made in collaboration with Matt Hale […]
Your Monday menu:Â ‣ It’s a night of pop with Cher Lloyd, Fifth Harmony, Jackson Guthy and Zara Larsson all tackling Club Nokia. ‣ Electro-pop artists Little Boots and MNDR team up at the Troubadour. That’s Little Boots’ video for “Satellite” above. ‣ It’s a School Night presents Susanne Sundfor, Octopus Project, Mypet and Nervous […]
Incoming: Cher Loyd, Little Boots, Mount Kimbie, La Dolce Vita, Lorde, Susanne Sundfor, U.G.L.Y., Hanson, London Grammar, Pop Noir, Touche Amore, Meiko, Gregory Porter, Jason Latimer, Gary Clark Jr., Nick Waterhouse, BoomBox, HolyChild, Jail Weddings, Kiven, VUM, Steffaloo, India Arie, Savant, Beirut, Keith Urban, the Lumineers, Army Navy, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Brian McKnight, Wolfgang Gartner, […]
Valerie June’s voice may be unusually bright, but it embodies everything she grew up with in Jackson, Tenn., then later in Memphis. Most importantly, June’s voice is her own. Her debut album “Pushin’ Against a Stone” focuses on the roots of her musical upbringing by combining a plethora of sounds including folk, blues, gospel, soul, […]
Friday’s fun: ‣ U.K. electro magician Gold Panda headlines the Fonda Theatre behind his new album “Half of Where You Live,” his sophomore album. Slow Magic and Voices of Black open. That’s Gold Panda’s video for “My Fther in Hong Kong 1961,” above. ‣ Big night at the Greek, where Thievery Corporation and Morcheeba team […]
In the video clip for her breakthrough single “Losing You,” Solange was dancing in the streets of South Africa. In her latest music video, she and her sparkly shorts strut around in the dark at a flea market. For a song titled “Lovers In the Parking Lot,” you’d think there would be some canoodling in […]
The lineup for our seriously conflicted Thursday: ‣ Cold War Kids, with two releases out this year (the album “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” and the new digital EP “Tuxedos”) visit the Wiltern Theatre on a night that features PAPA and the return to L.A. of We Barbarians. ‣ Canadian indie-poppers Stars headline the El Rey Theatre, […]
Montreal quintet Stars just released their album “The North” last year, but they’ve got a few more goodies for fans who are joining them on tour. To follow up the record, Stars released a limited-edition 7-inch with the A-side “Wishful” and the B-side “The Light” on the band’s Soft Revolution Records. Cut during the same session […]
When you first glance at Archy Marshall, you marvel at how young he looks. Then when you really take a look at the red-headed former Brit School attendee, you can believe he’s at least 19 years old. However, when Marshall – aka King Krule – sings his first note, the gigantic bellow comes as a […]
