Middle of the week: ‣ Cold War Kids gear up for the April release of its fourth album “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” by playing the Bootleg Theater. Superhumanoids open. ‣ Sir Sly dives into the second week of its Wednesday night residency at the Echo, heading up a lineup that includes Tapioca & the Flea, Frank+Derol […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ Hunter Hunted [former members of Lady Danville] play a headlining show at the Troubadour with support from Wardell and Sympathetic Frequencies. ‣ Ra Ra Riot stops by in support of their new album “Beta Love.” That’s their video for the title track above. Pacific Air and Cayucas open. ‣ The Lovely Bad […]
All those jangling, rapturously harmonized guitars on the new Fonda album “Sell Your Memories” can make you feel as if you’re flying. Or just twirling slowly, as the languid number “She Is Real” does. Director David Butow sequences cityscapes, cloudscapes and images of personal escapes to accompany the boy/girl musings of David Klotz and Emily […]
‣ Caught a Ghost celebrates the release of its EP “Nightworks” with a gig at Bardot as part of It’s a School Night, which also features performances by Starting Six, Chali 2na and Leagues. That’s Caught a Ghost’s video for “Hold Out,” above. ‣ Gliss’ residency in support of its new album “Langsom Dans” roars […]
Incoming: Emeli Sandé, Hunter Hunted, Beak, the Ruby Suns, Michael Bolton, Dear Boy, Ra Ra Riot, Ellie Goulding, Cold War Kids, Leagues, the Vaccines, Eels, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Wedding Present, Nous Non Plus, Ne-Yo, Dead Meadow, Soundgarden, Wallpaper, Pink, the Hives, Eastern Conference Champions, Mouse on Mars, Icona Pop, Ed Sheeran, Every Time I […]
Your Grammy nights shows: ‣ With his new album “The 20/20 Experience” on the way this year, Justin Timberlake holds forth at the Palladium. ‣ Grammy nominee Deadmau5 heads up the lineup for the second annual Post-Grammy Benefit Concert benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the House of Blues. The night also features Timbaland & […]
A huge Grammy weekend Saturday night: ‣ Might he cover Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour?” Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. does a show at the Roxy they’re calling “A Late Night With Gary Clark Jr.” – it starts at 11:59 p.m. ‣ The legendary Dr. John visits the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Grammy-nominated Ed Sheeran holds […]
There are a lot of psych-pop revivalists these days who forget the “pop,” instead settling for slight melodies buried in noodling and reverb. Harper Simon’s new single “Bonnie Brae” is not that. The New York-bred, L.A.-based songwriter, moving away from the amiable Americana on his 2009 debut, engages in some sonic crate-digging on his new […]
The Portland Cello Project, the six-year-old string ensemble that has covered the likes of Radiohead, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Rihanna and even Pantera, has expanded its palette to tackle the latest music from Beck. The 42-year-old songwriter, of course, released his latest effort, “Beck Hansen’s Song Reader,” as a book of sheet music. And the […]
How many drummers does it take to make a rock video? Loads, if you’re Nico Vega. The L.A. rockers enlisted the help of roomful of skins-pounders to make the video for “Beast,” a song that originally appeared on their 2009 album but was granted a second life owing to its use in a video game […]
