Tonight’s touts: ‣ Portland rockers Portugal. The Man are doing it right on the day their new album “In the Mountain in the Cloud” is released. They’re on KCRW this morning, and do two shows later, a 4:30 p.m. acoustic set and a cozy show at El Cid (both of which will be webcast on […]
Mark Sovel (aka Mr. Shovel) is back in business of premiering new tunes – the former music director of the dearly departed Los Angeles FM station Indie 103.1 (2003-’09) has launched an online video series. Residing on his new website MrShovel.com and on Vimeo, Sovel’s series takes the name of his old local music show […]
This is perfect in a couple of ways: “Cho Cha,” the new song from genre-mashing Swedish electro trio Teddybears, is exactly what you’d expect considering the collaborators – it sounds like Teddybears meets Cee Lo Green meets the B-52’s. And Zach Shields’ creepy video captures the subterfuge that has always played out beneath Teddybears’ masks. […]
‣ Theophilus London, the Brooklyn rapper/electro-popper whose debut album “Timez Are Weird These Days” comes out Tuesday, plays a sold-out show at the Troubadour. That’s his video for “Last Name London,” above; check out a new free track below. ||| Download: “I Stand Alone” (e-mail required) ‣ Crystal Antlers’ new album “Two Way Mirror” also […]
Check traffic reports, check wallet, check out a show: ‣ Ximena Sariñana, fresh off tour with Fitz & the Tantrums and with her English-language debut (produced by Dave Sitek and Greg Kurstin) coming Aug. 2, headlines the Echoplex. That’s her video for “Shine Down,” above, which we previewed before her Silverlake Jubilee performance. ‣ The […]
Here’s one for the kids: Ukulele-toting songstress Elina makes bright, chipper pop songs that don’t seem to have a cynical bone in their body. The new video for the title track off her recent album “Mesmerized,” released in April, feels like recess (and we could all use that once in a while), with director David […]
Jason Drake has a sense of humor, even if Kevin Spacey doesn’t. Drake, the L.A.-via-Brooklyn electro guru and onetime partner in the Definitive Jux label, had planned to release his new album as Cassettes Won’t Listen with the title “Kevinspacey.” The actor ordered him to cease and desist. So the new album is titled “EVINSPACEY” […]
Wow, isn’t Mickey Avalon bad? And aren’t the “fans” of the Sunset Strip’s “bad boy” even naughtier for “leaking” his video onto the Internet? As long as there is a lowest common denominator, the record industry will have Mickey Avalon’s number.
Brooklyn-based band the Pains of Being Pure At Heart have mastered moodiness as well as any band from the old Sarah Records catalog. However, even they can’t seem to dodge the appeal of summer videos. The video for their latest single, “The Body,” has the musicians flash back to their happy and carefree childhoods while […]
For a band that’s been around since the Clinton Administration’s first term, resuscitated Midwestern emo guys the Get Up Kids certainly are taking a DIY approach these days. The new video for “Rally ’Round the Fool” – like the first three made for songs off their first album since 2004, “There Are Rules” – was […]
