Up on the central California coast, things always seem so much simpler, right? Cayucas – the Santa Monica-based quintet named for the San Luis Obispo County coastal burg of Cayucos – make it sound that way. Songwriter Zach Yudin latches onto an endless-summer feeling on his band’s first single for Secretly Canadian, the homage to […]
I wouldn’t recommend watching this Cold Specks clip for “Hector” during lunch, but its subtly gruesome storyline plays off of Al Spx’s unflinchingly raw songwriting rather well. The track off the 23-year-old’s debut album “I Predict a Graceful Expulsion” is one of her many arrangements that are dubbed as “doom soul,” and the video’s nuance […]
Buzz Bands LA’s monthly night, and more: ‣ Join BuzzBands LA for a cozy evening of music at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park– our monthly SecondTuesday songwriter night features a lineup of the Wellspring John Isaac Watters ad Nocturnal Youth. Things get started at 9. ‣ Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi has a new […]
Incoming: Gary Clark Jr., Jack’s Mannequin, Richie Sambora, AC Newman, Wiz Khalifa, Ben Gibbard, Generationals, El Ten Eleven, Walk the Moon, Tame Impala, Joshua Radin, Jennifer Warnes, Steve Winwood, Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cold Specks, Felix Cartal, Jackson Browne, the Faint, Everclear Above: Austin’s pride and joy, Gary Clark Jr., returns to L.A. in support of […]
Monday madness: ‣ Jack’s Mannequin is back for a second and final (it’s the band’s last show ever) at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Mumford & Sons are back for their second night at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Apache Relay and Dirty Projectors supporting. ‣ Sky Ferreira heads up a lineup that includes DWNTWN […]
‣ U.K. folk rockers Mumford & Sons join up with Dawes for a night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s the new video for “Lover the Light,” above. ‣ Sea Wolf headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Old World Romance.” ‣ Afghan Whigs and Van Hunt do a second night at the Fonda […]
A huge Friday night for lovers of huge Friday nights: ‣ The reunited Afghan Whigs, winding up their first U.S. tour in 13 years, do the first of two sold-out night at the Fonda Theatre. Van Hunt opens. ‣ The resurgent ”¦ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead rocks the Echoplex […]
All this in one night? Wonder who’s in charge here … ‣ Seems like about 90% of the punk bands we currently care about are playing tonight in Los Angeles, although at different places. Let’s start with Titus Andronicus, whose new album “Local Business,” is just out. They headline the El Rey, with local heroes […]
The forests of Madrid seems to be the perfect setting in So Many Wizards‘ new Esther Morán Fraile-directed clip for “Lose Your Mind.” Illustrating the track off of the quartet’s debut “Warm Nothing,” the wide-open spaces seem appropriate for a group of young Spaniards to play. However, the editing by MarÃa Antepazo does include some […]
Putting the video for a song titled “Play” in the hands of kid filmmakers seems like a natural, right? It yielded very fun results for the song from the Correatown album “Pleaides” – an album that has taken on a life of its own since we premiered the first single back in May 2011. “Pleaides,” […]
