Your Thursday things: ‣ New Zealand songstress Kimbra headlines the El Rey Theatre behind her debut “Vows” (a remix EP is just out as well), with the Stepkids opening. Above, Kimbra’s video for “Two Way Street.” ‣ Filter magazine’s Culture Collide festival begins in earnest, the multinational gathering at four venues in Echo Park (the […]
LP, the diminutive, New York-bred sing-songwriter with the huge pipes, has made a lot of noise around L.A. this year playing support gigs, festivals and under-the-radar shows at Sayers Club, as well as teasing with the occasional stellar cover. Her debut album won’t be out until 2013, but the artist born Laura Pergolizzi has released […]
Inc. – the L.A. duo formerly known as Teen Inc. whose minimalist, exceedingly precious take on funk ’n’ soul has bewilderingly captured the fancy of the prestigious label 4AD – will release its debut album early next year. Brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged unveiled an EP in 2011, and their new single “The Place” seems […]
Tonight in L.A.: Benefit for Mayla, Slash, Nick Lowe, Conor Oberst/Jenny Lewis, Kate Earl, Kimbra, Chief, Eyes Lips Eyes, Tashaki Miyaki, NO, Maria Minerva
Shows for a wild Wednesday: ‣ A benefit show for leukemia-stricken 3-year-old Mayla Embry and her family goes off at the Bootleg Bar, featuring the music of Father John Misty, Daniel Lanois, Inara George, Becky Stark and Great Northern. A small quantity of tickets will be available at the door. ‣ Slash, along with Myles […]
‣ Garbage headlines the Palladium behind their new album “Not Your Kind of People,” with Screaming Females opening. ‣ The Shins visit the Gibson Amphitheatre of their acclaimed new album “Port of Morrow,” and joining them on this tour is Washed Out, the woozy electronic band fronted by Ernest Greene whose own new album “Within […]
There’s no story more heartwarming than one where someone thanks another for saving them. In Communist Daughter’s case, singer Molly Moore saved frontman Johnny Solomon (formerly of Twin Cities band Friends Like These) a handful of years ago when he was struggling with addiction. Today, they’re both happily sober (and engaged) and the main songwriters […]
Nite Jewel, joined by Slow Magic, Living Things, American Royalty, Them Jeans, DWNTWN and Aaron Embry, among others, heads up the musical lineup for this year’s Abbot Kinney Festival, going off Sunday in Venice. Nite Jewel (that’s her video for “Clive,” above) is riding high on the release of her album “One Second of Love” […]
Musicians must get homesick sometimes. Live shows are fun for everyone, but life on the road can’t be all that comfortable. Canada’s Yukon Blonde speaks to this in their song “Stairway.” After touring heavily in support of their album “Tiger Talk” (out now via Dine Alone Records), the indie-rock quartet teams up with director Justin […]
Incoming: The Lumineers, Garbage, Justin Bieber, the Shins, Emmylou Harris, the Jezabels, Deerhoof, Wax Tailor, the Wombats, Conor Oberst, Kimbra, Father John Misty, Nick Lowe, Coheed & Cambria, Dr. Dog, Patrick Wolf, the Offspring, Jason Mraz, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, the Black Keys, the Head & the Heart, She Wants Revenge, the Maccabees, Of Montreal […]
First up, for October (or, where did my September go, I seem to have misplaced it?): ‣ A year ago last week, the Lumineers did a date at the Hotel Cafe. Twelve months and a load of album sales later, the Denver-based folkies are doing a two-night stand at the Fonda Theatre, with both shows […]
