Your Friday fun, and there’s lots of it: ‣ Norah Jones’ new album is called “Little Broken Hearts” and tonight she takes on a big full amphitheatre, headlining the Hollywood Bowl. Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons open. ‣ Jack White does the first of two nights at the Shrine Auditorium behind his new album […]
The Peter Kaaden-directed video for the Raveonettes‘ latest single “She Owns the Streets” is a rather literal interpretation. But on a hot summer day like this, it’s nice to see a clip where someone still owns their surroundings no matter the people or the location. The song brings the Danish duo back to their dream-pop […]
The New Limb have grown by leaps and bounds since the Orange County-bred, L.A.-based quintet released “Sounds People Can Hear” in 2010. Their lushly orchestrated indie-pop, riding the sky-blue boy/girl vocals of Joey Chavez and Lauren Salamone Perez, goes straight for the jugular and mostly hits the mark. Chavez certainly does with his emotive falsetto […]
The Peach Kings, the L.A.-based duo of Paige Wood and Steven Trezevant, had us reaching for another bottle of something strong with last year’s “Trip Wop” EP, a mash-up of influences that no matter how much you stirred added up to something sexy. Their space age lounge-ready blues gets sharper on their new “Handsome Moves” […]
We’re all over the map this Thursday: ‣ Jesca Hoop, who earned raves for her show earlier this week at Largo, continues her West Coast tour behind her new album “The House That Jack Built.” She’s touring with Grammy winner Jesse Harris, whose own new album “Sub Rosa” came out last month. Tonight they play […]
With its glossy cinematography and nifty animation, the video for Max and Moon’s “Out of My Head” tugs on a lot of heartstrings. Under the direction of Kamell Allaway, the L.A. quartet’s buoyant paean to lost love is at turns playful and tragic. The video was filmed by Jonathan Pope, with lush production design by […]
A party clown dressed as a human piñata stars in the Jessica Paliza’s video for “Give It Away,” a song off Andrew Bird ’s recent album “Break It Yourself.” The storyline casts the title of a song in a profound light: We watch kids at a birthday party experience a range of emotions as their […]
The Neighbourhood tiptoed out of Newbury Park in late January when their first song “Female Robbery” premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC show. A lot has happened since. The single “Sweater Weather” blew up on both sides of the pond; the quintet’s identities were revealed; they released their “I’m Sorry” EP; they scored a record deal; […]
Words and lyrics are nice, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand ideas. If you’re surprised by the NSFW cover art for “The Haunted Man” (out Oct. 23 on Capitol), the forthcoming album from Natasha Khan – aka Bat For Lashes – you shouldn’t be. Khan has never been one to do anything dull […]
