‣ Stones Throw Records’ Dam-Funk brings his music diplomacy – he has, after all, earned the nickname “Ambassador of Boogie Funk” – to the El Rey Theatre, where he will team up with Master Blazter for an evening of sizzle. Above is the video for “It’s My Life,” which the duo recorded, without editing, direct […]
Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, aka First Aid Kit, return with a follow-up to 2010’s “The Big Black & Blue” with the track “The Lion’s Roar.” The signature close-knit harmonies, which earned them tour spots with artists such as Lykke Li in the past, are still present in the title track off of their […]
Tops for your Wednesday: ‣ Tune-Yards, the vehicle for Merrill Garbus and her powerful voice, bring their beat-crazy experimental pop to the Music Box along with Cut Chemist. Garbus has come a long way since her January appearance at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum. She now performs fronting a four-piece; her album “w […]
The Californian’s self-titled debut album is a bit like surfing on a moonless night – the riffs and melodies concocted by singer-guitarist John Graney tug like currents, pulling you … where? Under? Ashore? Into a game of beach blanket bingo with Ian Curtis? Maybe all three at times. Here, the slow-mo album closer “Girl in […]
The trick-or-treaters haven’t even hit the doorstep and we’ve had enough of Halloween already. Or maybe we’re just grumpy because we missed the awesome KCRW Masquerade because of a weekend warrior-related injury. Anyway, here are three Day of the Dead-appropriate videos (and a download) for your sack of candy: Indie stalwarts Superchunk have long had […]
Grammy-winning songstress Adele has canceled the rest of her 2011 tour dates because she is undergoing throat surgery. “I’m heartbroken and worried to tell you that yet again I’m experiencing problems with my voice,” the singer said on her blog.
Happy Halloween – hope everything’s ghoul with you: ‣ Zola Jesus, the Wisconsin-bred, L.A.-based purveyor of brooding darkwave, brings her small frame and big pipes to the Echoplex as her fall tour behind the release of her debut album “Conatus” nears an end. That’s the video for her song “Vessel,” above, directed by Jacqueline Castel. […]
Chris Hackman and Shawn Day have covered a lot of ground since they first met in high school in Sheridan, Wyo. Their music as Greenhorse sprang from an online collaboration started in 2009 while Hackman was living in L.A., Day in London and the trio’s third member, Joel Saur, in South Africa. Their EP “Happiness” […]
As “holidays” go, Halloween has gotten completely out of hand. But the start of dress-up-and-get-stupid weekend is making for some good shows: ‣ HARD Haunted Mansion kicks off a two-night stand at the Shrine, with the opener headlines by Fatboy Slim and many other DJs,, including Laidback Luke, Tiga, SBTRKT and the Gaslamp Killer, on […]
Mahsa Zargaran can be all sticks and fury when she’s banging the skins for L.A. rockers Sabrosa Purr and Big Black Delta, but the Iranian-born multi-instrumentalist is not just a little drummer girl. Zargaran is classically trained pianist – and, in her solo project Omniflux, a sculptor of brooding art-rock that fans of PJ Harvey […]