Tuesday’s show lineup: ‣ Scottish indie-pop sextet Camera Obscura visits the Wiltern behind its new album “Desire Lines.” ‣ The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger, who second solo album “Personal Record” came out earlier this month, plays the Echo, supported by TEEN and Ice Water. ‣ Norwegian rocker Ida Maria does a show at Los Globos, […]
‣ John Grant, whose new album “Pale Green Ghosts” (which features vocal contributions from Sinead O’Connor) has won widespread and deserved acclaim, headlines the Echo, with Craig Wedren supporting. That’s the video for the title track, above. ‣ The early-bird residency has KING and Moses Sumney returning to the Bootleg for Week 3 (doors at […]
Incoming: Camera Obscura, John Grant, Alice Smith, 3OH!3, Peter Tork, Pitbull, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Kinks’ Tribute, Ida Maria, Kisses, Warships, Joseph Arthur, Vans Warped Tour, Steve Miller Band, Holy Folk, the Dig, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, La Santa Cecilia, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Jonathan Wilson, Bleu, the Game, Iris DeMent, […]
The gripping video for the new Dekades song “You & Him” can be interpreted a lot of different ways, but director Aaron Paustian finds a way to unveil some light at the end of the darkness. The clip stars Margot Dayan and Harwood Gordon, with Dekades’ mastermind herself Arden Fisher materializing at the end. The […]
In Adrian Buitenhuis-directed video for Kisses’ dark synth-pop single “Huddle,” the duo turns into a trio when Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson are joined by a little drummer boy named Henry. Aside from the band, it’s not entirely clear why he’s hanging out with two older kids who are about to go to college, but […]
A incredible slate of shows for your Thursday: ‣ BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter Beth Orton visits the Troubadour behind her new album “Sugaring Season,” her first release in six-plus years. James Bay opens. That’s the video for the new Orton song “Magpie,” above. ‣ Fresh off winning a Tony Award. and on the heels of last […]
Nate Miller in a L.A.-based, Washington, D.C. ex-pat whose late 2012 release “Fall Is Meant for Falling to the Ground” is an amiable mix of up-tempo folk-rock and lovelorn Americana adorned with piano, organ, horns, pedal steel and strings. It was produced by Nate Vaughan, who plays on the album along with more than 15 […]
Wednesday’s wonders: ‣ The 88 celebrate the release of their new album “Fortune Teller” with a headlining show at the Troubadour. We think very highly of this record. We also love magician Rob Zabrecky in the video for “I Saw the Light That Day,” above. Gliss and Aaron Embry open tonight’s show. ‣ Radar Bros. […]
Tuesday things: ‣ Despite last week’s dispute, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers continue their long streak at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Bjork does another SoCal show. This time she’s hitting the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Sweden-based spacey electro outfit Kate Boy headlines the Echo where Lovelife and Bom Bom will support. [Check Bom Bom’s “Woman.”] ‣And […]
Last year, pop artist Skyler Stonestreet teamed up with new friend singer-songwriter Jeremy Silver to become a new duo called One Two. The two released a perfectly sweet “Best Friends” EP, but they’re back with a single that leaps from the innocent folk-pop to a sexier, electro-stomping sound palette. “Sleep Talk” still maintains the back and forth […]
