The gripping video for “Wait” is the third and final in the collaboration between directors Fleur and Manu and the band M83. The music on the band’s 2011 album “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” was cinematic to begin with, and it’s fascinating to see where the French duo takes it. In the press release, they say: […]
Wednesday’s shows: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s free night at the Satellite features new music from eaturing Seven Saturdays and Western Lows, along with almost-new tunes from Auditorium and Pretend Electric. ‣ Paul Banks, the Interpol main man, headlines the Fonda Theatre in support of his solo album “Banks.” The Neighbourhood and Electric Flower Group support. […]
OK, we get it. Haim has game. Exactly how much became apparent today, when the band of sisters – Danielle, Este and Alana – announced they have signed to Columbia Records. The L.A. quartet, which also includes drummer Dash Hutton, already had a label deal in the U.K., where they’ve become NME darlings. Expect a […]
‣ Sufjan Stevens, who just released a five-EP set of holiday music titled “Silver & Gold,” brings his Christmas tour to the Fonda Theatre. Actually, he’s calling it “The Sirfjam Stephanapolous Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Spectacular Music Pageant Variety Show Disaster,” and it features a five-piece backing band that includes Rosie Thomas, Nedelle Torrisi, […]
Sitting on the cusp of mainstream pop is Jhameel, a multi-instrumentalist who has not only released his second album, “The Human Condition,” but also steadily gained popularity on YouTube and the Hype Machine from his two series “Waves” and “Are You Free,” in which he released a new single every week (with “drunk” covers included). […]
If you’re seeing the Biebs or Aerosmith tonight, you could be on the wrong blog: ‣ Montreal’s Islands are doing a Hurricane Sandy benefit (proceeds to the World Cares Center and the Rockaway Action Center, $20 at the door) at the Virgil. Comedy guests include Tim Heidecker, Rob Delaney and more. ‣ The Henry Clay […]
Incoming: Aerosmith, Justin Bieber, Islands, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, No Doubt, Carole King, ZZ Top, Flogging Molly, Monsters Calling Home, How to Dress Well, the Starvations, Shuggie Otis, Paul Banks, Tom Morello, Seven Saturdays, Streetlight Manifesto, Donnie and Marie Osmond, the Polyphonic Spree, the Lonely Wild, Bloc Party, David Bazan, Kopecky Family […]
Elijah Wood stars in the astonishing video for the Flying Lotus song “Tiny Tortures,” off his latest album “Until the Quiet Comes.” The video is the work of director David Lewandowski and posits Wood as the victim of a ballplayer’s worst nightmare – the loss of an arm. In his room with his possessions, the […]
Since releasing their second EP early this year, Electric Flower Group (nee Electric Flower) has played a bazillion shows in rooms big and small, all the while inching toward releasing more music. The heavy psych-rock of singer-guitarist Imaad Wasif and drummer Josh Garza has won plenty of fans too – notably, the author of this […]
In their Michael Carter-directed video, Nashville’s Turbo Fruits are all about biker gangs. Featuring a variety of stylin’ hogs, the garage-rock quartet hangs with the toughest of crowds while the song “Harley Dollar Bill$” appropriately soundtracks their adventures. The single is off of their Jim Eno-produced third full-length “Butter,” and although most of its songs […]
