I read the news (again) today, oh boy. So this is posted without comment, except to say the song appears on Tracy Thorn’s lovely Christmas album “Tinsel and Lights,” out via Merge. Thanks to Buzz Bands LA’s station chief in New Zealand, Keith, for giving me the heads-up. Have a warm Christmas Eve.
Incoming: Reverend Horton Heat, Social Distortion, Jane Monheit, Jeffertitti’s Nile, GRMLN, Donavon Frankenreiter, the Growlers, Fishbone, Erykah Badu, Father John Misty, Wanda Jackson, Peter Murphy, FMLY Fest, the Aggrolites, Wolfgang Gartner, Ludacris, the Fixx Above: So Many Wizards [see of tops-in-L.A. albums list] are one of about 50 artists playing this weekend’s FMLY Fest at […]
Lots of Love is the nom de tune of singer-songwriter Jessica Fleischer, whose deft touch with ’60s-styled pop reminds me of plenty of coquettish charmers who inspired unrequited crushes back in the day. Her music is being produced by Robert Schwartzman of Rooney, and Lots of Love’s album, planned for a March release, will come […]
Your Tuesday things: ‣ Lifehouse headlines the Troubadour behind this month’s release of their sixth album “Almeria.” ‣ Zak Waters winds up his residency at the Central SAPc in Santa Monica, joined on this night by pop singer Jhameel. That’s Waters’ video for “Skinny Dipping in the Deep End,” above. ‣ Magic Wands wind up […]
Dead Sara is in the holiday spirit – the L.A. quartet of Emily Armstrong, Siouxsie Medley, Chris Null and Sean Friday has had a 2012 worthy of special place on Santa’s list. Their new holiday single “Snow in Los Angeles,” recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 and written for Armstrong’s mother, comes out on iTunes […]
Monday madness: ‣ U.K. quartet Peace [see our intro last week] makes its U.S. debut at It’s a School Night at Bardot, where they are joined by a trio of local luminaries – the Mowgli’s, Torches and Davis Fetter. ‣ The Henry Clay People’s residency at the Satellite – where they are recording a live […]
Incoming: Peace, the Grouch & Eligh, Aaron Neville, Social Distortion, Lifehouse, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Haim, Robert Francis, Big Black Delta, Bell Gardens, Faded Paper Figures, Jonathan Wilson, the Growlers, Dillon Francis, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Supersuckers, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, the Vandals Above: Orlando Higginbottom, aka Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, brings […]
Saturday’s shows, starting with some holiday fare: ‣ KCRW’s Invisible Children Holiday Benefit brings Devotchka (with a seven-piece orchestra) to the Troubadour along with a host of local luminaries, including White Arrows, Night Terrors of 1927, Whispertown and the Colourist at the Troubadour ‣ Stevie Wonder’s 17th Annual House Full of Toys goes off at […]
Hey, it’s Friday: ‣ Garage rockers King Tuff bring the fun stuff to the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock. Get your 3D glasses on to check out their video for “Keep On Movin’.” ‣ Devotchka performs with a chamber orchestra at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever. The Denver gypsy folk band just […]
Petra Haden is simply irrepressible. The singer-violinist (or is that violinist-singer?) of estimable lineage and even more impressive resumé has undertaken myriad adventures since her days with ’90s pop faves That Dog, including her 2005 album “Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sells Out” – a home recorded, a capella rendition of the English band’s 1967 […]
