The drugs … and all the neuroses. They are conveyed vividly in the video for “The Drugs,” the first song from Landon Marcus’ forthcoming EP. The video is the work of Mareesa Stertz, the filmmaker and former member of Black Flamingo who has helmed videos for that band, Family of the Year, Persephone’s Bees and […]
Nico Vega siren Aja Volkman is a mom now, and at some point next year she’ll likely begin to juggle motherhood with being a rocker, when the L.A. trio’s long-awaited, eagerly anticipated second album comes out. To tide fans over, Volkman, guitarist Rich Koehler and drummer Daniel Epand today released a video for the synth-spiked […]
Professor Possessor are wacky. They’re dark. They’re punk, and they boast former member of the brainy pop ensemble Big Moves – Jesse Imme – along with Scarlet A. Newman-Thomas, Jacob Summers and Hayden Hall. Forming in late 2011, Professor Possessor has explored the experimental realm with their own brew of garage-wave, witch-pop, dark wave and […]
‣ Danish retro-funk maestros the Asteroids Galaxy Tour hit the Troubadour behind their early-2012 release “Out of Frequency.” That’s their video for “Major,” above. Millionyoung opens. ‣ The Steelwells and the Lonely Wild do Hollywood at It’s a School Night at Bardot. ‣ Family of the Year, Terraplane Sun and the Young Rapscallions team up […]
Incoming: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Family of the Year, Voxhaul Broadcast, Bob Mould, Miike Snow, Daughter, Lamb of God, All Time Low, Kid Koala, the Donkeys, Alanis Morissette, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, R. Kelly, Mariachi El Bronx, Lord Huron, Husky, Other Lives, Woodkid, Saint Etienne, the All-American Rejects, Electric Guest, Joan Osborne, HARD Day […]
A pretty scary show lineup: ‣ The 13th annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival goes off at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, featuring Ozomatli , La Santa Cecilia, Very Be Careful, Las Cafeteras and Tribu. ‣ KCRW’s annual Masquerade Halloween costume ball and dance party gets festive at the Park Plaza. Z-Trip performs at the fundraiser, along […]
Friday, fast: ‣ Bob Dylan plays the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ SoCal favorites Tiger Army visit the Fonda Theatre for their annual OctoberFlame concert, supported by Exene and Suedehead. ‣ Flying Lotus headlines Club Nokia, joined by the Gaslamp Killer, Teebs and Jeremiah Jae. Above is Kahlil Joseph’s short film bearing the title of Flying Lotus’ […]
I guess the lesson here is that there are a lot of talented video directors out there willing to work on spec. Like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros did for their “Child” video, M83 invited fans to submit visuals for “Steve McQueen” via a competition run through Genero.tv. The video directed by Balthazar Auxietre […]
Huge Thursday in the city: ‣ Big evening at the House of Blues – Motion City Soundtrack, whose fifth album “Go” came out this summer, headlines, and Brooklyn-based Jukebox the Ghost supports. That’s Jukebox the Ghost’s one-take video for “Somebody,” above. ‣ And an even bigger evening at the Palladium, where it’s Two Door Cinema […]
Winging it on a Wednesday: ‣ U.K. quartet the Darkness rocks Club Nokia behind its comeback album “Hot Cakes.” You want camp? You should check out the video for “Everybody Have a Good Time,” which we can’t quite bring ourselves to post here ‣ Joss Stone visits the Wiltern behind her new album “The Soul […]
