Races began as Wade Ryff’s attempt at putting his solo material out there, but as the group added members, changed band names (from Black Jesus) and picked up steam – leading to their signing with Frenchkiss Records – it’s hard to imagine their music was originally planned for a one-man band. Ryff, Garth Herberg, Oliver […]
Aaron Embry’s solo material has often taken a back seat to his work with other artists – he’s been party to albums and tours for a host of A-listers, he produced Avi Buffalo’s debut album, and most recently he has played keyboards for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. And his 2008 album as Amnion […]
On the menu tonight: ‣ Big Freedia brings the bounce to the Bootleg Barfor a party with Franki Chan and BLOK. That’s Big Freedia’s video for last year’s single “Y’all Get Back Now,” above. Do not try this at home. ‣ Chelsea Wolfe, already at work on her third album and with a big European […]
On the surface, Taylor Locke does not have it rough. He’s poster-boy handsome, dispenses guitar licks with the best of ’em and has played with Rooney for a decade or so. But Locke does wear his heart on his sleeve, and there lies the source material for the music of Taylor Locke & the Roughs, […]
Stephen Brower & the Silent Majority’s 2011 album “sb/sm” is a barroom brawl of bluesy punk and classic rock, the kind of old-fashioned stomp that, washed down with the right amount beer, pumps adrenaline and clouds judgment. So the Jacob Hatley-directed video for “Robbie” – the noisy intro ends at the 0:27 mark – how […]
A deliriously busy Tuesday: ‣ Wilco plays to a sold-out Palladium behind last September’s release of the band’s eighth album, “The Whole Love.” White Denim opens. ‣ Few purveyors of guitar-driven pop and heavenly jangle are as adept at plastering smiles on the faces of fans as Tommy Keene. The veteran songwriter released a highly […]
Perhaps the biggest problem with electro- and indie-soul these days is that so many other young artists are doing real soul so well. So forgive me if the test-tube R&B of Electric Guest – the collaboration of songwriters Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton – comes off as overly sanitized. Electric Guest has no shortage of buzz […]
Bowery Beasts’ last EP “Heavy You” was a raucous combination of guts, garage-rock and glitter that you imagined was conceived in the days the Sunset Strip was merely an idea. The follow-up is a blast too. A digital release, “The Flowers of Lucifer Lovelace” will be out this week on Winter Palace Records, the imprint […]
It’s a mighty good Monday (if you ignore the weather): ‣ At the Satellite, where Chasing Kings’ residency roars into its fourth week, U.K. quartet the Chevin makes its L.A. debut. That’s the video for the title track from the West Yorkshire lads’ 2011 EP, “Champion,” above. Tonight’s bonus – you also gets sets from […]
Active Child’s pastoral song “Hanging On” gets a moving treatment in the new video directed by T.S. Pfeffer and Robert McHugh (who’ve also done videos for Princeton and Kisses), who follow two fishermen in their efforts to land the big one. The second single from singer-songwriter Pat Grossi’s lauded debut “You Are All I See,” […]
