As the Milk Carton Kids, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have parlayed the simple vehicles of two voices and two acoustic guitars into something much greater. Just for grins, let’s call it “raconteurism.” From their early days as Hotel Café regulars, the pair found a special chemistry in their collaborations – folk music in the […]
Incoming: The Mavericks, Busdriver, Thalia, Heartless Bastards, Spirit Animal, Mika, Flux Pavilion, Inc., Anthrax, Billy Bragg, Ghostface Killah, Jamie Lidell, the Lonely Wild, Fol Chen, Foxygen, Daedelus, Veronica Falls, Poolside, Lalah Hathaway, Living Colour Above: That’s the video for “You Naked,” from Jamie Lidell. The British singer-songwriter’s latest album, “Jamie Lidell,” came out in February, […]
Sunday things… ‣ Hip hop artist Hoodie Allen headlines the El Rey Theatre wiht Aer and Jared Evan as support. ‣ L.A.’s experimental pop quartet Body Parts teams up with and San Francisco’s chamber pop band Foxtails Brigade at the Satellite. ‣ It’s a also solid lineup over at the Smell with Moses Campbell, the […]
Your super Saturday: ‣ British psych-rockers Django Django, whose acclaimed debut came out last year< headline the Fonda Theatre. That’s their video for “WOR,” above. ‣ Day 2 of the Burgerama blowout at the Observatory in O.C. features Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, White Fence, King Tuff, FIDLAR, Hunx & His Punx, Beachwood Sparks, Allah-Las, Shannon […]
A Friday full of possibilities: ‣ The first day of Burgerama goes off at the Observatory in Orange County – the lineup features Black Lips, the Spits, Bleached, Nick Waterhouse, Bizarre Ride II, the Pharcyde, Night Beats, Pangea, Merchandise, Tijuana Panthers, the Audacity, the Lovely Bad Things, White Fang, the Garden, Feeding People, the Abigails, […]
Dick Thompson returns as director for Feeding People‘s “Big Mother” music video, and it packs in as much of a punch as the song does, with a pint-sized milk-drinking boy who is gearing up for his big day as a pro-boxer. His mother, on the other hand, seems content with baking cookies, smoking cigarettes and reading […]
In February when we got news of the forthcoming “proper” release of Big Black Delta’s self-titled debut, we joked that main man Jonathan Bates seemed to be making his electro with a ferocious light saber. In Warren Kommers’ video for the single “Side of the Road,” he’s certainly cutting a swath into another dimension. Not […]
Your crazy-good Thursday: ‣ The Joy Formidable headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Wolf’s Law,” with Guards and Fort Lean supporting. That’s the band’s video for “Little Blimp,” above, made with a Go Pro camera attached to the head of singer Ritzy Bryan’s guitar ‣ Black Lips, Night Beats and Beach Party team […]
Here’s your weird for the afternoon hour, kids. When we premiered “Another Kind” by L.A. quartet Professor Possessor back in October, we thought they were strange  – but we liked it. And we still do even when we watch this eerily demented clip of some contest going on. Professor Possessor does experimental disco (ever heard […]
“Lemon Scent,” the third single from Dead Sara’s self-titled debut in 2012, owns a special place in our hearts and ears, because it was the song that introduced us to the L.A. quartet, almost two years ago. The foursome’s new video for the song, which features singer Emily Armstrong and lead guitarist Siouxsie Medley duking […]
