Happy Friday, everybody: ‣ Long Island quintet Twin Sister, on their first headlining tour, visits the Echo behind their 2011 debut “In Heaven.” Ava Luna and Talkdemonic support. That’s Twin Sister’s video for “Kimmi in a Rice Field,” above. ‣ This month’s installment of First Fridays at the Natural History Museum brings San Francisco’s the […]
London quintet Bombay Bicycle Club has always straddled the sound of folk and rock, but their latest record “A Different Kind of Fix” (out now A&M/Octone Records) showcases yet another different movement in their sound. With the help of producers Jim Abbiss and Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, M.I.A.), Bombay Bicycle Club has expanded their […]
Our cups overfloweth: ‣ His new album “A Wasteland Companion” en route in April, M. Ward plays at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. [That’s his new video for “The First time I Ran Away,” above.] ‣ Gotye, his album “Making Mirrors” out this week, plays the sold-out El Rey Theatre, joined by Kimbra, who’s featured on the […]
Saint Motel is good at cinema. Oh, the L.A. quartet can write pop hooks too, but as the nifty collage of 16mm film, video and iPhone images in the band’s new video for “At Least I Have Nothing” reminds, the foursome of A/J Jackson, Aaron Sharp, Greg Erwin and Dak first came together in film […]
Compared to most electro-pop today, Imperial Teen’s fifth album (and first since 2007) “Feel the Sound” feels restrained. And thank goodness. The veteran quartet of Jone Stebbins, Roddy Bottum, Lynn Perko Truell and Will Schwartz have fashioned 11 giddy nuggets out of playful melodies, smart phrasing and twining vocals. The album is out today on […]
Despite the abundance of color in comparison to the clip for her lead single, “How Come You Never Go There,” the beautifully cinematic music video for Feist‘s new single “The Bad In Each Other” evokes much more sorrow. If nothing else, the opening scene where a man takes his dog out of the car to […]
‣ Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin visits the Troubadour behind her recently released album “Little Spark,” made with producer Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe) and arrangements by Richard Swift. The video for the song “Hurry Hurry” was directed by Scarlett Johansson. The Watson Twins open tonight’s show. ‣ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. swings back […]
Time off from being one-half of the Fiery Furnaces (with the other half being her brother Matthew) has been treating Eleanor Friedberger quite well. She’s on tour with a backing band featuring Matt Asti (MGMT), Ahmed Gallab (Yeasayer, Caribou) and John Eatherly (Be Your Own Pet, Turbo Fruits), and she’ll also personally be joining Carrie […]
Jack Littman’s spare folk music abides the great traditions of the troubadour. The 23-year-old Los Angeles native (yet another product of Hamilton High’s music program) digs deep to narrate the frailties of the human condition – his and others’ – and in the manner of an essayist uses his deft vocal phrasing as punctuation. His debut […]
Psychedelic rockers Dengue Fever have played around the globe with both their outstanding support for political movements and tunes that are just as strong-headed. Hailing from Los Angeles (and always shouting out to Echo Park), Chhom Nimol, Zac Holtzman, Ethan Holtzman, Senon Williams, Paul Smith and David Ralicke have made their grooves accessible to fans […]
