If you’re just leaving the office to enjoy your long holiday weekend, we’ve got the perfect song to soundtrack your escape. Thurston Moore‘s title track of his forthcoming album “The Best Day” seems appropriate and there’s more good news than just the song itself. Moore recently formed a new band with James Sedwards (Nought), Deb Googe […]
If you’re like me, you can’t wait for the weekend to start. I’m here to tell you that it does, officially, at 11 a.m. when the Buzz Bands LA Show kicks off on The Independent FM. Join me for two hours of SoCal music, including new tunes from Avi Buffalo, Dekades, KAV, Hobart W Fink, […]
Seventy-eight-year-old Lee “Scratch” Perry and his band Subatomic Soundsystem brought the party to the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday night for eighth installment of this year’s Twilight Concert Series. Bedecked in his characteristic colorful jacket, hat and baubles, the reggae legend regaled a crowd obviously intent on starting its holiday weekend early. Opening the evening […]
Tasty electronic music and more to start your holiday weekend: ‣ Long-running duo The Crystal Method, whose fifth album, a self-titled affair, was released early this year, visit Control at the Avalon. Above, the Crystal Method’s “Over It,” featuring Dia Frampton. ‣ It’s Paul Van Dyk at Exchange LA; the trance music legend has a […]
As if anything was needed to heighten the psychedelic, acid-trippy qualities of their music, Fever the Ghost has dropped a wonky, hallucinatory and slightly NSFW video directed by Jesus Rivera (aka Demonbabies). The song itself is titled “Calico” and is a taste of the quartet’s “Crab in Honey” EP, which came out in January in […]
Having just released a B-movie-inspired video for “She Wants to Play With Fire,†Los Angeles duo Night Club yet again bring us into their seedy underworld of dominatrix synth. Singer Emily Kavanaugh’s video battle with a vengeful Tarantino-esque female leaves her hair tousled and lipstick smudged enough to reawaken Madonna’s naughtier side. On their forthcoming […]
Allow us to join the chorus praising Ty Segall, the incredibly prolific rocker who this week released his seventh album since 2008 (not counting various collaborations, including one with White Fence, and his work in Fuzz, etc.). Segall’s new album “Manipulator” (out this week via Drag City) feels like a cumulation of everything he’s done […]
Thoroughly Thursday: ‣ The Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier continues its run of free Thursday shows, with good vibes from Lee “Scratch” Perry and Mexico 68. ‣ Long-running post-punk outfit Mission of Burma rocks the Roxy, supported by GRMLN and Terror Tuesday. ‣ Accordion masters/zydeco phenoms Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys […]
Made In America, the festival spearheaded by Jay Z’s entertainment company Roc Nation, kicks off in downtown Los Angeles’ Grand Park on Saturday, Aug. 30 and will last through Sunday, Aug. 31. (An East coast Made In America festival is also happening in Philadelphia the same weekend.) Acts include big names such as Kanye West, […]
As we’ve mentioned before, Babes‘ “horny-and-sad” M.O. comes through in living color when it comes to their music videos. Their video for “ATMO (Always Turning Me On)” directed by Drew Kordik finds inspiration from the Los Angeles band’s real-life love hotline (if you don’t believe us, go ahead and call 470-Babes-77) and stars Lourdes Hernandez (aka Russian […]
