Tonight … tonight … tonight: ‣ L.A.’s favorite track-suited Norwegians, Datarock, are sprinting across the U.S. in suport of their new album “Music for Synchronization” and touting what they’ve called “the most extravagant single in the world,” the track “Catcher in the Rye.” The song is available on a 4GB USB stick – that also […]
It was not a surprise to see “High Violet” appear on many Best of 2010 lists after the New York indie rockers released one of their finest albums to date. However, with Matt Berninger’s baritone voice and stoic manners in the midst of instrumental flourishes, the National isn’t considered to be a band who often […]
[So I missed all the Thom Yorke-DJing-at-Low-End-Theory excitement last night because I was making plans for Timbaland’s 40th birthday party today. All set now, so here’s what’s up tonight …] Top 3 shows to consider while waiting for DeVotchKa’s appearance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic:” ‣ The monthly Rumble tour hits the Echo tonight, and […]
The first thing you need to know about Dante Vs Zombies is that Dante is winning. The frontman of the Silver Lake art-punks, Dante White-Aliano (aka Dante Adrian White and a few other bedeviling variations), reliably channels Suede’s Brett Anderson on the sextet’s initial single “Yes, I’m Stalking You.” He gives the tune an edgy […]
Tonight’s top shows: ‣ Swedish songstress Lykke Li brings material from her acclaimed new album “Wounded Rhymes” to the sold-out El Rey Theatre. Johnossi opens. ‣ Asobi Seksu has a worthy new album too, “Fluorescence,” and the NYC shoegazers visit the Troubadour supported by Brahms. ‣ Exene Cervenka celebrates the release of her new album […]
No matter what you might think of the Airborne Toxic Event’s Modest Mouse-y new single “Changing” – and for FM radio fare, it’s all right – it’s impossible not to squirm in your seat during Jon Danovic’s slickly produced video for the song. The Los Angeles quintet sprinted out of Silver Lake in 2008 on […]
This unremarkable slice of identi-kit indie popped up on YouTube late last week with no prior announcement. Best not to draw too much attention to it. Sheffield’s sharpest lyricist takes a sabbatical. – By Keith Shackleton ||| Live: Arctic Monkeys play June 3 at the Hollywood Palladium.
Excellent shows to tout for a Sunday: ‣ Scottish rockers Broken Records [check out “A Darkness Rises Up”] bring their arena-sized music to the U.S. for the first time, hitting the Satellite on a show that also features Washington, D.C., quartet U.S. Royalty. That’s U.S. Royalty’s video for “Equestrian,” above, and you can download the […]
Selections for your super Saturday: ‣ The Local Folk Fest goes off tonight at the Center for the Performing Arts in Eagle Rock, with a pretty stellar lineup of L.A. bands: Voxhaul Broadcast (11 p.m.), Nico Stai (10), the Sea of Cortez (9), Summer Darling (8), Hi Ho Silver Oh (7) and Telegram (6). Buzz […]
Wild Nothing and Abe Vigoda rock the sold-out 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.
