While a lot of today’s hipster fuzz nods to the girl-group music of decades past, the Damselles & the TC4 simply give the genre a sloppy wet one. No “updating,” no irony: The time-warp R&B dispensed by vocalists Maria De Luca, Jillinda Palmer and Brittney Westover (three familiar faces from the Eastside indie-rock scene) comes […]
Pointing you to Pomona, and elsewhere, for tonight’s touts: ‣ Bright Eyes and Jenny and Johnny play a sold-out, pre-Coachella show at the Fox Theater in Pomona. ‣ Sleigh Bells and Rye Rye rock the Glass House in Pomona. ‣ Distortion-wielding Londoners Yuck, whose debut album came out in Febrary on Fat Possum, play the […]
The last time we heard from Johnny O’Donnell, he had just released solo material after his former band Holy Ghost Revival called it quits. Although only four tracks, “Korean Debutante” gave us a little taste of what O’Donnell could do on his own, and the flavorful Americana he provided on the EP has sprung into […]
While we’re dealing with all things Philadelphia (see previous post), here’s an introduction to Summer Fiction, the vehicle for singer-songwriter Bill Ricchini. The Philly-based Ricchini makes effortlessly gorgeous pop that sounds as if it could have crackled from the AM radio of my youth. Summer Fiction’s self-titled album came out in December – and “Throw […]
Except for a few notable alliances, the hypnotic, cinematic music of the Black Pine never quite got the love it deserved during the band’s three-album stay in Los Angeles. The husband-and-wife team of singer-guitarist Mitch Cichocki and singer-drummer Emma Kathan (who collaborated with Adam Goldberg on his LANDy project and a couple of his movies, […]
It took Fleet Foxes three years to announce a new album to follow-up their self-titled debut. Will “Helplessness Blues” (due May 3 via Sub Pop) be worth the wait? Depends on your appetite for the Seattle band’s lush harmonies. The title track and “Grown Ocean” both continue to reflect folk-rock inspirations from the ’60s and […]
‣ British Sea Power’s “Valhalla Dancehall” is one of our favorite records of the young year, and the Brighton, U.K., sextet brings its quirky spendor and roaring anthems [see “Who’s in Control”] to the Troubadour tonight. Above, their video for “Living Is So Easy.” ‣ The monthly Rumble show convenes at the Echoplex, with Vanaprasta […]
Jesse Kivel may have branched off to work on Kisses with his girlfriend Zinzi Edmundson, but that doesn’t mean he has neglected his duties in indie outfit, Princeton. The L.A. band, which also includes twin brother Matt, Ben Usen and David Ktiz, has returned with the single “To the Alps,” and it’s much more keyboard-oriented […]
L.A. quartet Robotanists recently received national attention for offering their reinterpretation of “King of Limbs” to the world only 24 hours after Radiohead’s official release. It followed by only a few weeks the release of their own new album, “Plans In Progress,” which saw Robotanists inching away from their intense down-tempo vibe, with the lead […]
Ceci Bastida and the Fresh & Onlys rock the monthly First Fridays show at the Natural History Museum tonight, and courtesy of Pop-Aut, you can watch it here. The webcast begins about 8 p.m.
