It’s an embarrassment of riches on the show scene tonight: ‣ Oh, the memories: Lou Barlow has assembled a version of Sebadoh (with Jason Lowenstein and Fiery Furnances Bob D’Amico) for the “Bakesale/Harmacy Remembering Time Tour,” marking the re-releases of the 1994 and 1996 albums, respectively. They hit the Troubadour tonight, with Quasi opening. ‣ […]
Singer-songwriter Ari Hest’s new “Sunset Over Hope Street” (due March 1 on Downtown Records), represents his first album in four years, but the hard-touring New Yorker hasn’t been slouching. In 2008, he completed his Web-based “52” project, for which he wrote, recorded and released a new song each Monday for a year. He followed that […]
By Keith Shackleton Gruff Rhys is prolific. An electro-pop dalliance with Boom Bip (as Neon Neon), the jaw-dropping “Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness” collaboration with unorthodox Brazilian artist Tony Da Gatorra and a guest spot on Gorillaz’ Superfast Jellyfish (with De La Soul) all come from left field. The Super Furry Animals man’s new release “Hotel […]
The MTV EXIT campaign continues its innovative music collaborations to raise awareness about social issues affecting young people’s lives. Following the footsteps of acts such as Radiohead, the Killers and Muse, Black Iris – the commercial music collective and counterpart to the label White Iris (home to Best Coast, Fool’s Gold, Sweaters and more) – […]
[Writer Charlie Amter – whose Europopped blog is one-stop shopping for whatever’s moving bodies across the pond – expands our dance music horizons: ] By Charlie Amter America is often late to the game when it comes to dance music, but better late than never. DJs in L.A. only started dropping Martin Solveig’s positive and […]
Best stuff from tonight’s embarrassment of show riches: ‣ The legendary Gang of Four wind up a 13-date U.S. tour tonight at the Music Box behind their new album “C O N T E N T.” Opening are energetic Canadian pop-rockers Hollerado – their one-take video for “Americanarama,” above, has gotten them a bunch of […]
San Diego fuzz merchants Tape Deck Mountain may get lumped into the lo-fi surf rock genre, but messages behind the shoegaze duo’s songs are anything but sunny. The title of their “Secret Serf” EP is a cheeky nod to the beach trend in SoCal’s indie rock scene; Travis Trevisan, though, wrestles with issues such as […]
Thankfully, NME is here to explain the dance moves.
Shows to consider while waiting to find out how Local Natives sound with a string quartet (11:15 a.m., KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic): ‣ The co-headlining tour featuring experimental rockers Tera Melos and guitar whiz Marnie Stern hits the Echo, where Poweraxe opens. That’s Tera Melos’ video for “Manar the Magic,” above; the song features a […]
Orange County’s Young the Giant have come a long way from their days as the Jakes. Being one of the first bands to diversify Roadrunner’s hard-rock label has worked in their favor as they’ve opened up for acts such as Minus the Bear and Futureheads in the past year. The quintet now has no trouble […]
