Your Thursday possibilities: ‣Â M. Ward gives a concert at the Orpheum Theatre – a makeup date for the October show he was forced to postpone because of illness. Karen Elson and Soul-Junk support. That’s Ward’s video for “The First Time I Ran Away,” above; the song is off his seventh solo albu,, “A Wasteland Companion,” […]
Last time we took note of an Unknown Mortal Orchestra music video, it was because of its kooky Wes Anderson vibe. This time, the video for “So Good at Being in Trouble” involves “McLovin’” wearing pantyhose on his head and smashing things with a baseball bat. Although the Venice Beach-based clip perfectly illustrates the psychedelia […]
‣ Emeli Sandé, splendid last summer in a turn at the El Rey Theatre, returns to the venue tonight for a show featuring Emily King. ‣ The Pharcyde does a sold-out fan appreciation show at the Key Club. ‣ The co-headlining tour featuring Delta Rae and ZZ Ward lands at the Troubadour for the first […]
Speaking of 1990s British rockers – and everybody was a week and a half ago when the Coachella lineup was announced, right – Suede is back. The hyper-romantic five-piece, whom we last spotted at Coachella 2011, today announced that a new album “Bloodsports” would be out March 19. It’s Brett Anderson and company’s first full-length […]
The mainstream crowd knows her as Beyoncé’s little sister, and the indie crowd knows her as the hipper Knowles sister who covered this Dirty Projectors hit back in 2009. Although Solange chose her own route as an artist, she had always been waiting in the wings with her background in theatre and dance while her […]
Cue our Monday mantra – so many residencies, so little time: ‣ L.A. trio Gliss starts a four-week run at Los Globos behind their new album “Langsom Dans” Xu Xu Fang, Lonely Trees and the Pyyramids open, and there will be a familiar face spinning music beetween sets – KROQ’s Rodney Bingenheimer. ‣ There’s a […]
Incoming: Matt Costa, Dirty Projectors, Silverstein, Kris Allen, the Pharcyde, Emeli Sandé, Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Kan Wakan, Gliss, M. Ward, Solange, OFF!, Trombone Shorty, the Little Ones, Nick Waterhouse, Chelsea Wolfe, the B-52’s, Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Wayne Shorter, Ellie Goulding, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Emmylou Harris, Deadmau5 Above: The video for Dirty Projectors’ […]
Happy Superbowl Sunday: ‣Â Â The Reflections kick off their residency over at the Satellite. Tashaki Miyaki [that’s their video for “Tonight” above] and Joel Jerome (of Dios) support. ‣Â Â Bush Tetras return to the stage in Los Angeles for the first time since 1981 as part of Part Time Punks at the Echo. Terry Malts and Swahili […]
Remember summer and pool parties? Remember loungin’ outside where it was just you and the sun? Although those times seem years and not just months away, Pacific Air’s chill music video for “Float” reminds those of us currently feeling under the weather that summer definitely beats winter. Who needs seasons? Pacific Air’s “Long Live KO […]
Music in the key of February: ‣ Sonic explorer the Gaslamp Killer , along with Adventure Time (the collaboration between Daedelus and Mark “Frosty” McNeil of Dublab), is the big attraction at the February installment First Fridays at the Natural History Museum. “Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun” (featuring Dimite), above, will mess with […]
