We Are the World’s debut album”Clay Stones” came out this week on Manimal, and the eclectic electro kids are playing the second date of a three-week residency at the Echo to mark the occasion. Tonight they are joined by Montreal dance-rockers We Are Wolves [that’s their video for “Blue,” above], who are touring behind their […]
You get a nifty tour of L.A.’s urban geography in the video for Kenan Bell’s “Like This.” Directed by David M. Scott with surreal-ized imagery courtesy of Level 256 VFX, the video keeps the La Crescenta-bred rapper in the distance during his banger of a song (which also appears in the NBA 2K10 video game). […]
[Happy 45th to Black Francis today. Here’s a light menu for tonight:] Should be an interesting night downtown – Corinne Bailey Rae kicks off her tour with a show at Vibiana, formerly the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. The singer-songwriter’s sold-out show will be the first of its kind at the venue. … At Spaceland, it’s […]
Memo To: Letting Up Despite Great Faults From: A Local Blogger I spent last night on a bench in a Chicago airport, victimized by missed plane connections and the stupidity of booking the last flight to L.A. on Easter Sunday night. I arrived home this morning bleary-eyed and grouchy, only to receive your new video […]
Fool’s Gold’s melting-pot mix of dance and world music has continued to win fans – the L.A. 11-piece collective earned plenty of shout-outs for their SXSW peformances. As they prepare to cross the Atlantic for a 17-date European/U.K. tour, the band has released the video for “Nadine,” off their lauded 2009 debut. It was filmed […]
We Are the World has been earning raves for its kinetic dance music and its live visual spectacles. The band kicks off a three-week Thursday residency at the Echo to celebrate the release (next week) of its Manimal Vinyl debut “Clay Stones.” … Downstairs at the Echoplex, the Onion’s “Our Big Dumb Book Event” boasts […]
If it’s so spooky to be young, why is Meredith Meyer smiling? In the video for the title track to her 2009 album “It’s Spooky to Be Young,” the Oklahoma-raised, L.A.-based songstress has the grin of the only person in the room who gets the joke. And maybe she is. Her sneaky-good collection of dreamy […]
[Wishing Norah Jones a happy birthday this morning as I stare at the ominous skies and tonight’s concert calendar:] It’s not going to rain on Paul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl, is it? C’mon clouds, get the with program. … Melissa Auf der Maur rocks the Viper Room to celebrate the release of her new […]
No instrument is safe (and, for that matter, neither are the Edge’s guitar tones) in the Temper Trap’s “Sweet Disposition.” The Australian quartet blew through town recently for an exhilarating show at the Fonda Theatre that reinforced the notion that there’s still an audience (and a young one at that) for well-done atmospheric rock. Singer […]
The new Massive Attack song “Saturday Come Slow,” featuring Damon Albarn, provides the backdrop for a short film by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin that illuminates the effects of sound on the human body. The film features Ruhal Ahmed, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, detailing his experiences beings interrogated there, and it was shot at […]
