Incoming: Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Frightened Rabbit, CHVRCHES, Robert Francis, KMFDM, Kelly Sweet, Naama Kates, Light FM, Free Moral Agents, the Ten Thousand, Richard Buckner, Joe Ely, the Adicts, Martha Wainwright, K’noup & Kelly, A Wilhelm Scream, Matt Costa Above: The video for “Recover,” the title track of the new EP from CHVRCHES. The Glaswegian […]
The lineup for Saturday: ‣ The Men headline the Troubadour behind their new album “New Moon” (just out on Sacred Bones), supported by Thee Commons and NASA Space Universe. ‣ The second night of Swedish House Mafia’s “Masquerade Motel” goes off at L.A. State Historic Park, with Alesso, An21 & Max Vangelli, Clockwork, Otto Knows, […]
Your Friday show picks: ‣ Swedish House Mafia’s farewell extravaganza, “Masquerade Motel,” goes off at L.A. State Historic Park downtown. It’s the first of two nights and features Alesso, An21 & Max Vangelli, Clockwork, Otto Knows, Zedd and more. ‣ As of last night, there were still a few tickets left for Aimee Mann and […]
There’s probably a lot of symbolism we’re not getting in Beach House new video for “Wishes.” Either that, or director Eric Wareheim is riffing on things we might read as big metaphors. Whatever. The video is an fantasy halftime show at the sporting event featuring actor Ray Wise looking oh-so-reverent amid acrobats and dancers, playing […]
Thursday’s things: ‣ Frank Turner does his second L.A. night, this one at the Hotel Cafe (where Noah Gundersen, Wake Owl, Andy Shauf and Said the Whale also perform). Above is the video for Turner’s new single “Recovery,” off his forthcoming album “Tape Deck Heart” (due April 23). ‣ Youngblood Hawke does a sold-out show […]
Co-ed psych-rock quartet Spirit Vine keeps whetting appetites for a full-length album later this year, and if last fall’s “Lake of Fire” single wasn’t enough, the new song “Pluto Why” will leave the band’s fans ravenous. Over almost six woozy minutes, singer Jaquelinne Cingolani keeps things dreamy and languid – a mood that director Karri […]
Anybody who’s hovered over a keyboard or stared at the frets on a guitar can relate to the protagonist in director Johnny Coffeen’s video for “Anxiété,” the new single from Inland Empire quartet Naive Thieves. In fact, Naive Thieves can probably relate the best. The foursome – Levi Audette, Jaron Eldon, Kyle Garcia and Cameron Thorne […]
What a Wednesday – here’s what you have to choose from: ‣ We had frankly lost track of Scottish pop quartet The View, whose 2006 single “Waste Little DJs” wormed its way into our ears as the band was poised to make a splash in the U.S. and play Coachella. Alas, singer Kyle Falconer was […]
Day job getting you down? Vent a little with Katherine Pawlak and her bandmates in Sad Robot. In vituperative fashion, “God Damn the Man” unloads on suffocating jobs, insensitive bosses and every other dance we have to do to earn a buck. Stephen Steelman’s video, which features Kristen Renton (Ima on “Sons of Anarchy”), evokes […]
Tuesday things: ‣ Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra headline the Echoplex in support of her latest album “Theatre is Evil.” That’s Palmer’s video for “The Bed Song” above. ‣ It’s an eclectic L.A. lineup upstairs at the Echo with eccentric singer-songwriter Dorian Wood, local music collective Killsonic and live contemporary dance and animation group […]
