Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci and Ryne Estwing have shown their chops in various other bands, such as Scattered Trees. However, the Chicago- and Minneapolis-based trio have never sounded more united as when they planted their roots in a studio together under the moniker On An On. That studio time, along with help from producer Dave […]
Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Alaska Reid is ensconced in Malibu these days, but she filmed her video for “Summer Wind” on a trip back to her native Montana in an area that had recently been ravaged by a wildfire. The Big Sky country topography – and the fact that Mother Nature cooperated by delivering showers and a […]
It’s been a long time since “Novocaine for the Soul,” but Mark Oliver Everett is still meting out Ritalin for the brain. “Wonderful, Glorious” (out next week), the 10th album from Everett’s long-running musical persona Eels, reveals the veteran provocateur at his strongest – the album and its spacey, witty and percussive underdog tales rank […]
“When you’re full of fire / What’s the object of your desire” asks Karin Dreijer Andersson of the Knife in the Swedish duo’s new song “Full of Fire.” A good question, worthy of intense thought. Filmmaker Marit Östberg brings that intensity to the short film for the song, calling it “a network of fates, fears, […]
One of those mammoth Mondays: ‣ It’s release week for Local Natives’ sophomore album “Hummingbird,” and the L.A. quintet plays the first of two sold-out shows with Superhumanoids. Tonight’s show is at the Fonda Theatre. ‣ Niki & the Dove play the El Rey Theatre behind their album “instinct,” supported by Vacationer and Kan Wakan. […]
Incoming: Local Natives, Niki & the Dove, the Who, Lisa Loeb, Ron Sexsmith, Two Gallants, Dead Sara, Jon Foreman, Sound City Players, Meiko, Tristan Prettyman, Tegan and Sara, the Gaslamp Killer, the Happy Hollows, Vieux Farka Touré, the Bronx, Radar Brothers, Branford Marsalis, Augustana, Benjamin Francis Leftwich Above: Tegan and Sera return this week with […]
Sunday’s hot list: ‣ Swedish duo Niki & the Dove comes in for a landing at the Constellation Room in Orange County. ‣Â Joshua Radin and friends do a benefit show for Little Kids Rock at the the Hotel Café. ‣ And Tearist and Savage Republic team up for a big night at Part Time Punks […]
Saturday at the Park, and elsewhere: ‣ Ben Folds Five – you remember how they rattled the Fraggles last fall, right? – visit the Wiltern behind their comeback album “The Sound of the Life of the Mind.” ‣ It looks as if the weather has cleared off in time for a special day at Santa […]
With the release of their latest album “Developer,” San Francisco’s Social Studies have proved that bold decisions to branch out into new soundscapes can pay off. The quintet’s sound has flourished into beautifully textured songs with slightly dark undertones, and the dreamy aspect of all that is cleverly captured in their new video for “Still […]
Of Los Angeles duo Deap Vally, NME writes that theirs is “the sort of dirty music we need right now.” It would seem so. Singer-guitarist Lindsey Troy and drummer Julie Edwards have created quite a racket in the U.K. with their scuzzy blues – Island Records UK snapped up the band and, having already gigged […]
