With their latest album “Holy Fire” produced by Flood & Alan Moulder, English rock band Foals has had a successful and strong comeback. But their lead single “Inhaler” may be a bit misleading as it diminishes the “tropical prog” and almost completely replaces it with a sinister hard rock foundation underneath the math rock elements. […]
If you’ve been to Mystery Skulls‘ residency this month but still wonder why the guy behind this one-man show looks familiar, it’s because you were probably a fan of Luis Dubuc’s previous project, the Secret Handshake. Although the former moniker gained a following in the electronic realm, Mystery Skulls leaves the soul-influenced bubblegum electro-pop behind […]
Incoming: Dave Alvin, Tomahawk, Buke & Gase, French Horn Rebellion, Jake Shimabukuro, El Sportivo & the Blooz, Psychic Friend, Japanther, Marilyn Manson, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Indians, Zola Jesus, Camper Van Beethoven, Dead Meadow, Cold War Kids, Brandy, Coheed & Cambria, the Orwells, the White Buffalo, the Summer Set, Mark Kozelek, Salt Petal, […]
Saturday – the fun starts early and runs late: ‣ Eastern Conference Champions head up a big lineup on the Local Music Stage at Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Festival. The free day of music starts at noon and also features Troup, Mind the Gap, Spirit Vine, Western Scene and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones. See […]
Rival Sons are one of those enigmas – how can a southern California-bred band, so exceedingly competent at what they do, enjoy huge acclaim seemingly everywhere except their home turf? (See also: Vintage Trouble.) To read their press clippings from the U.K. and Canada, the Long Beach quartet of singer Jay Buchanan, guitarist Scott Holiday, […]
The music of L.A. duo Night Club emanates from the dark corners of the 1980s, those ostensibly dangerous places that still provide unsafe harbor today for undergrounders with certain special interests. All their synth-and-sin is the brainchild of DJ/producer Mark Brooks, the ex-guitarist for punk-rockers Warlock Pinchers who has done music videos (for the Melvins […]
Have a fantastic Friday: ‣ Resurgent Soundgarden begins a three-night stand at the Wiltern. That’s the video for “By Crooked Steps,” the second single from the band’s comeback album “King Animal,” released in November. ‣ Eels headline the Fonda behind their new album “Wonderful, Glorious,” with Nicole Atkins supporting. ‣ Unknown Mortal Orchestra heads up […]
Sonos Studio, the Hollywood space that doubles as a gallery and intimate listening space, kicks off a special exhibition next week revolving around Beck and his 2012 sheet-music release “Song Reader,” which was issued via McSweeney’s. The exhibition’s opening night will feature an appearance by Beck himself (info will be released through the social media […]
Back in November of 2011, the Driscoll siblings, Bruce and Erica – doing business as Blondfire – unveiled a candy-coated video for what was then their seemingly surefire hit-in-waiting “Where the Kids Are.” Since then, the band signed with Warner, tightened the song a little bit, landed it in a TV commercial for Honda and […]
‣ The Vaccines roar into the Fonda Theatre behind their latest album “The Vaccines Come of Age.” San Cisco and Zig Zags support. ‣ Huge night at the Observatory in Santa Ana – Eels play the venue’s big room behind their new album “Wonderful, Glorious,” while in the Constellation Room, it’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra and […]
