The most telling moment in the video for the Bleached single “Next Stop” arrives at the close, when all the fun and frolicking is sealed with a wink. Certain viewers might regard that as harmlessly flirtatious; here, we read into it a subtle acknowledgement of the past. Sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin have stepped back […]
Folk-rocker Anna Rose came on the radar with her 2010 debut “Nomad,” and then earned some notice for her cover of Arcade Fire’s “My Body Is a Cage.” The daughter of Oscar-winning Disney composer Alan Menken spent several years in L.A. soaking up vibes from the city’s Laurel Canyon history, and now back in her […]
Incoming: The Residents, Gliss, Kan Wakan, A House for Lions, Warships, Ramona Falls, Goldroom, Com Truise, the Lions, Anberlin, Reckless Kelly, Flosstradamus, Francisco the Man, Willie Nelson, Califone, Surfer Blood, Dada, Happy Hollows, Hustle Roses, Rumours, Jukebox the Ghost, Galactic, the Breakestra, Bomb the Music Industry, the Devil Wears Prada, Gold Fields, Morrissey, Allah-Las, the […]
I’m not sure what it is about punk bands and their affinity for the Grim Reaper, but the audio antics of Portland’s psych-rock group Aan are perfectly paired with this Mike Wilson-directed clip for their 7-inch single “Mystery Life.” What are you supposed to do when the Grim Reaper is out to get you? The answer […]
Hot As Sun wear their affectations just so, from their playful take on ’80s disco to … well, dahncing, dahlings. On their forthcoming album “Night Time Sound Desire,” the trio of Jamie Jackson, Deborah Stoll and Waz concoct a world in which you can fall in and out of love in four dizzying minutes, after […]
Friday night fun: ‣ Coheed and Cambria rock the Wiltern behind this month’s release of the second volume of their double album, “The Afterman: Descension.” Between The Buried And Me and Russian Circles open. That’s Coheed and Cambria’s video for “Dark Side of Me,” above. ‣ Chicago’s teenage garage-rockers the Orwells make noise at the […]
After meeting in the Environmental Analysis program at Pomona College, Merritt Graves and Skylar Funk got together to save the world by being involved with Farmscape and Agrisaurus to promote awareness around solar and other renewable energy. However, the sing-along alt-pop songs they write together as Trapdoor Social would never have you thinking about such […]
/iframe> Sam Spiegel’s Maximum Hedrum has released a video for “Keep In Touch,” the first single off the group’s self-titled debut album due on March 19. The video was co-directed by Spiegel and Christopher Neil. Inspiration comes from the story of Javier Silcook, a young man with cerebral palsy and his relationship with his mom […]
Points to Hustle Roses for truth in advertising – there’s plenty of hustle and bustle on her first mixtape, “Bitters.” A combination of dancefloor-friendly synth-pop, wonky interludes and sharp lyrics, “Bitters” is the brainchild of Olivia “Ollie” Stone, aka Hustle Roses, who carved out some space in our playlists as the singer-guitarist in the pop-rock […]
Thursday’s shows: ‣ Indians – the nom de tune of Copenhagen’s Søren Løkke Juul – was a bit soporific at the El Rey back in November when he opened for Other Lives, but now he’s fronting a trio instead of going it solo, and his new album “Somewhere Else” is raking in praise from Pitchfork […]
