Jessie Ware, the U.K. soul chanteuse who has made the quiet storm genre hip again (and grabbed our attention with her debut “Devotion” in 2012), returns Oct. 21 with “Tough Love,” which bears the same name of album’s lead single. Ware recently followed it up with the Ed Sheeran-co-written pop ballad “Say You Love Me,” […]
The classic rock of L.A. quintet the Absolute covers a lot of turf, from the folk-inspired troubadours of seemingly ancient times to the audacious shredders of the 1970s to current crop of axemen who mash together all the influences of decades past. The band – singer Phil Ross, guitarists Ashton Likes and Michael Pozzi bassist […]
Gardens & Villa won’t be making their way back to Los Angeles for a while, but they’re offering something to tide fans over. The Santa Barbara quintet has put together a collection of demos titled “Televisor,” which includes work from their time with producer Richard Swift (now of the Black Keys) at his National Freedom […]
Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal and Taylor McFerrin highlight the lineup for the 16th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4, along Colorado Boulevard in the northeast L.A. neighborhood. The festival, which shrank a bit last year because of underfunding, is back in a big way in 2014. A $10 donation is suggested; […]
Last month, London-based Kevin Martin (aka The Bug) released his fourth album, “Angels & Devils.” The album’s sessions produced nearly 160 demos and versions, so Martin is releasing an EP culling together some of the leftovers, titled “Exit.” One of the standouts is “Black Wasp,” featuring Liz Harris of Grouper on vocals; she collaborated on […]
Thursday’s fun: ‣ The free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier says goodbye with its 10th and final show of 2014 – it features soul man Charles Bradley along with New Orleans’ King James & the Special Men. ‣ Swans and Carla Bozulich do a second night at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Formidable rock […]
Add this one to your free concert calendar: Damien Jurado, the Record Company, Los Amigos Invisibles and Salt Petal will perform on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Taste of South Lake, a food and music festival in Pasadena. The event, promoted by local businesses in the retail district, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 […]
Brighton’s the Kooks have just released their fourth album “Listen” via Astralwerks Records. First track and one of three singles “Around Town†is a perfectly catchy opener and a good indicator of the unexpected album to come. With funky grooves and synth, the Kooks really begin to show off their new change. Leaving their previous […]
Cathedrals‘ latest single “Ooo Aaa” may come with an excessively onomatopoeic song title, but its members Brodie Jenkins and Johnny Hwin know how to turn a smokey rock ballad into an electro banger for the dance floor. The San Francisco-based duo has been shooting up the Hype Machine charts with the track along with the […]
Lili Haydn describes her new album “LiliLand” as “fun, fragile, and ferocious songs about losing everything and getting it back.†In the case of the singer, songwriter and rock violinist nonpareil, that’s not hyperbole. The album, her fourth and first in six years, “was recorded in the four years following a freak chemical accident in […]
