Tuesday’s menu: ‣ Nine Inch Nails play a sold-out Troubadour for only raffle-winners in support of their latest album “Hesitation Mark.” That’s their David Lynch-directed video for “Came Back Haunted” above. (Please heed its warning at the beginning.) ‣ Blonde Redhead headlines the El Rey Theatre with the Mast as support. ‣ Black Sabbath take […]
Singer-songwriter Lissie Maurus, whom fans have come to embrace as Lissie, hails from the mythological home of the Blues Brothers, Rock Island, Ill. – which makes her probably the only resident of Ojai who can name all the Quad Cities.* Lissie’s 2010 debut “Catching a Tiger” was notable for what it wasn’t – overdone. Her […]
We’ve already noted how close to Mazzy Star this song veers, but on a toasty, stickier-than-that-milkshake-I-spilled-last-week Labor Day, sharing the video for Boardwalk’s “I’m to Blame” seems appropriate. The L.A.-based duo of Mike Edge and Amber Quintero have an album coming in October on Stones Throw Records (of all places), and if there’s more slo-mo […]
Here’s the steamy schedule for tonight: ‣ Austin punk rockers Riverboat Gamblers roar into the Satellite behind their most recent album “The Wolf You Feed …” Blacklist Royals and Moral Crux support. That’s Riverboat Gamblers’ video for “Blue Ghosts,” above. ‣ The Shakers headline the Troubadour to celebrate their new album “Rescue Team,” which comes […]
Emily Gold‘s “Running Back To You” explores a well-worn theme for romantic singer-songwriters, but that shouldn’t deter a listener from enjoying the arching folk melodies she writes to accompany her dulcet vocals. Her talents also prove that the apple doesn’t fall from the tree. Gold comes from impressive lineage including: her late father Andrew Gold […]
Some superb shows on tap for your Thursday: ‣ Some personnel and some mailing addresses have changes, but rock quintet Everest remains a huge force. Now split between Nashville and L.A. and with guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan and Dan Bailey joining Russell Pollard, El Thomson and Joel Graves, the band visits the Satellite tonight, supported […]
The National can come off as so grave. Brilliant, but … you know, serious. The video for “Graceless” was directed by Sophie Peer and filmed in the backyard of frontman Matt Berninger’s parents’ house in Cincinnati. This is a party we would like to have attended. The song is from the band’s sixth album “Trouble […]
Wednesday’s options: ‣ Chicago five-piece JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound,n whose third album “Howl” is just out, bring their amped-up soul to the Roxy Theatre. Lisa Loeb supports. ‣ It’s a second night of Alt-J at the Hollywood Palladium. ‣ Canadian duo Purity Ring and U.K. producer Jon Hopkins are back for a second […]
TV on the Radio does have a new full-length in the works. We think. Hope. Or intuited from their performance Saturday at FYF Fest. Until then, there is the new single “Million Miles,” an expansive pop song that takes on a deeper meaning thanks to the video directed by Kyp Malone and Natalia Leite. Malone […]
