There is no doubt that Sabrosa Purr is one of the most-shredding rock bands around L.A., but it’s interesting to see its members try new sound palettes and continue exploring. In addition to Mahsa Zargaran’s project Omniflux, fellow band members Angie Mattson and Jeff Mendel have also been making music together as In the Valley […]
WIM did not fail to impress us when they were one of the many bands to represent Australia last month during Culture Collide, and we’re glad the invasion of Oz bands hasn’t stopped since then. Returning to L.A. with their dramatically lush orchestrations in support of their self-titled debut (out today via Modular Recordings), the […]
Archer Black is the sound of all hell breaking loose – references to wars, bombs, triggers, guns, bayonets and other manner of ordnance all surface amid the orchestral rock on the Los Angeles band’s debut album “Forgiveness Is a Weapon” (due Jan. 3). Frontman Dustin Morgan, the longtime bassist in L.A.’s moody shoegazers the Autumns, […]
It’s just not fair that there’s this much to do on a Monday: ‣ Yelle make up the Thursday show the French dance-pop trio postponed (they were delayed by visa problems) by holding forth at the Wiltern tonight. ‣ Races celebrate the release of their “Big Broom” EP tonight, playing the support slot for Chain […]
[Happy 11/11/11 …] ‣ Canadian trio Austra plays a sold-out show at the Echo, with Grimes and Baron Von Luxxury supporting. That’s Austra’s video for “Lose It,” above. And Baron Von Luxxury has remixed Austra’s song “Spellwork” – it’s worth checkout out here. ‣ Brooklyn duo Holy Ghost rocks the Music Box. They’ve just released […]
Living Things have never lacked for strong messages in their music, whether it’s their early, unhinged glam-rock or recent forays into Afrobeat and noirish psychedelia. Even so, the Berlin brothers’ video for “Har Megiddo” (Hebrew for armageddon and the title track of their new EP) is a jaw-dropper. Basic storyline: Man likes his machine. Man […]
League’s bio make for a nice story. The project is the transatlantic collaboration between Jorge Ribeiro and José Tornada, whose decided to forgo their college studies in journalism and architecture, live on the beach and, ostensibly with the help of some guitars, effects pedals, keyboards and recording devices, share their blissful pop vision. And “How […]
Music videos have a long history of demanding you suspend your disbelief as artists “sing” while dancing, prancing, falling, fighting and various other manners of play-acting. Pollyn frontwoman Genevieve Artadi takes the art of lip-synching to, er, new heights in the trios’ video for “Sometimes You Just Know.” Directed by Adam Jay Weissman and filmed […]
Bikos sounds like the most fun you can have without getting sponsored at happy hour, or without selling your soul to the synth devil. The Los Angeles art-punks new album “Make Your Sound Sound” binges on the pummeling rhythms and ecstatic licks of the B-52’s, Talking Heads and other bands who made the clamorous glamorous. […]
Tops on a terrific Tuesday: ‣ It’s that time of the month – Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe features acoustic performances by Nico Stai and Megan Jacobs, along with Michael Feerick (Amusement Parks on Fire) and Brian Cleary (Strange Parade, the Movies). ‣ Long-running indie-pop duo Mates Of State hit […]
