Ty Segall has rocked big stages in front of raging, moshing kids. His show Tuesday night at the Satellite was about none of that — it was the first in a short series of acoustic shows the 27-year-old singer-guitarist is doing to showcase his mellow-fellow side. It was indeed a tame evening that shone a spotlight […]
None other than British luminary Don Letts directs the video for U.K. rabble-rousers Palma Violets’ new song “English Tongue,” which stars Paul Kaye (“Game of Thrones”) and answers the age-old question “What if you went to church and a mosh pit broke out?” The song is from the band’s second album “Danger in the Club” […]
Brokechella is made for polyglot tastes and short attention spans. The upstart local festival returned Saturday for its fifth year, and its second at the re-purposed warehouse complex in the shadow of the 6th Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles. Conceived as an affordable alternative to that big shindig in Indio, Brokechella is part music […]
Have you ever had a friend who just seems too repressed to be happy? Somebody you wish would come out of his or her shell? That’s what the video for the new StaG song “Hide a Few” is about. Directed by Taylor Phillips and written and produced by Connie Peterson, it stars Miki Matteson as […]
Things for your Thursday: â–º Georgia rockers Drive-By Truckers visit the Regent Theater. â–º Long-running indie-rocker Matt Pond PA, who has a new album “The State of Gold” coming in June, visits the Troubadour on a tour celebrating the 10-year anniversary of his best album “Several Arrows Later” (getting the deluxe reissue treatment). Young Buffalo […]
If you skipped Coachella because 1) you couldn’t afford the price tag, 2) crowds make you break into a cold sweat, or 3) desert heat makes you sweat, period, then, OK, I hope you had a great couple of weekends and perhaps sniffed out some second-hand festival vibes on YouTube. If you skipped Coachella because […]
Weekend 2 of Coachella 2015 was much more than a do-over. Sure, the stars from the first weekend shone again, with the likes of Alabama Shakes, AC/DC, Jack White (who dedicated his set to the late Ikey Owens), Jenny Lewis, Stromae [top photo], St. Vincent and Florence + the Machine reprising their memorable sets, although […]
Some tears were shed on the local scene in November when indie-rockers Moses Campbell announced they were through, but that their discursive energy is living on in Moaning. The new trio features Sean Solomon, Pascal Stevenson and Andrew MacKelvie from Moses Campbell, and today, via video, they released their first proper song (which will be […]
Electronic/rap music blowout HARD Summer moves to its third location in three years Aug. 1-2 when the festival convenes at the Fairplex in Pomona with a lineup featuring the Chemical Brothers (somehow listed after The Weeknd), Jack Ãœ (returning from 2014), Ratatat, Dillon Francis, Schoolboy Q, Porter Robinson, Odesza, the Glitch Mob, Die Antwoord, Chromeo, […]
Speedy Ortiz’s eagerly anticipated sophomore album “Foil Deer” came out this week, and it does not disappoint. The Massachusetts indie-rockers — Sadie Dupuis, Darl Ferm, Mike Falcone and new addition Devin McKnight — unleash a primal, fuzzed-out tour de force with some sharp observations on cultural matters, as well as some strong affirmations (“I’m not bossy / […]