Your big-big-big-show Wednesday: ‣ Muse, touring in support of their Grammy-nominated sixth album “The 2nd Law,” roars into Staples Center for the first of three nights in the big arena. They are joined on tour by Band of Skulls. Meanwhile, 21 million-plus YouTube views for the Grammy-nominated single “Madness?” Madness. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event, […]
Pretty cool Tuesday ahead: ‣ Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, the Nashville quartet fronted by the 21-year-old guitar prodigy, bring their vintage blues rock to the Viper Room in celebration of their first album, “Wild Child,” out today. L.A.’s own young shredder extraordinaire, Jared James Nichols, opens. That’s Bryant’s video for “Last One Leaving,” above, […]
Incan Abraham, the L.A. quartet who specializes in lush electronic psych-pop and soaring falsettos, are back with another single off of their 10-inch EP, “Springhouse.” Like the title track’s correlating clip, “Panama Dry” is a hazy amalgamation of lights and texture. Although, this time the band’s Noah Kistler-directed music video documents their venture between vast […]
Incoming: Lady Gaga, Robert DeLong, Jessie Ware, Quicksand, Ferraby Lionheart, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Muse, the Airborne Toxic Event, Dada, Bad Religion, Pentatonix, Wayne Kramer, Pageants, Wovenhand, El Ten Eleven, Ken Stringfellow, Ben Folds Five, Al Stewart, Smokey Robinson Above: Pentatonix, the Texas-bred a cappella group of Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi […]
There’s a lot of heavy-duty stuff going on in Carlos Lopez Estrada’s video for “Waking World” by the sun-soaked rockers El Sportivo & the Blooz. The director trails Isaac Ravishankara (a fellow filmmaker) through the wilderness near Morelos, Mexico, to create one of those waking-dream vignettes that is at once beautiful and horrifying. “I see […]
When the Morning Benders changed their name to POP ETC, the members stayed the same yet a new band was born. Staying true to their new name, the Berkeley-born, Brooklyn-based band (with their strong L.A. roots) favors layers of synth over lush baroque guitar-pop with their new single “Keep It For Your Own.” And its […]
Thursday’s things: ‣ Pinback is touring behind its latest great album “Information Received” (the music video for “Proceed to Memory,” above, is a time-lapse depiction of the creation of their new mural in Brooklyn) and hits the El Rey Theatre, supported by Judgement Day. ‣ South Africa’s the Parlotones return to L.A. for a date […]
Those who have been following Jessie Ware long before she was nominated for the Mercury Prize and two Brit Awards are familiar with the track in her new music video. The only thing is, the name has recently changed from “110%” to “If You’re Never Gonna Move,” after going through some legal bouts in regards […]
Although PAPA‘s new clip for “Put Me to Work” probably would have been more suitable for Halloween festivities, it’s union of drum banging, dancing guitar-playing skeletons and puddles of water still present an energy. The odd combination came to life via the band’s usual visual collaborator Jonathan Hausfate and inspiration from ’90s Nickelodeon TV series, “Pete and […]
Mind the Gap threw their collective hats in the ring of pop contenders in 2011, mixing feel-good acoustic numbers with dancefloor-friendly electro to win fans at residencies on both sides of town. They sell themselves as rainbow-coalition entertainment – “MTG is a Sri Lankan, a Mexican, a Korean and a Jew from Cleveland,” their bio boasts […]
