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 […]
San Antonio-born Wild Party recently released their catchy new music video for “When I Get Older†– a story of four young boys who grow up to be corporate professionals and spend their time pining for the days when they were hungry musicians. Currently on tour with label-mates Hellogoodbye, Wild Party live up to their name […]
The long-in-the-works full-length album from KAV – the nom de tune of Kavin Sandhu – is informed by the singer-guitarist’s dual residency in L.A. and London, as well as his long resumé that included DJ gigs at London’s Getloaded club nights. He was guitarist in the third incarnation of the Happy Mondays, so there’s tint of […]
A lot of bands spend a lot of calories lengths to make their music come off as dark, heavy and dangerous. Arden Fisher seems to get the job done by simply plugging in her guitar. Abetted by Josh Benton and Chris Cano, Fisher’s band Dekades has not-so-quietly flown the Goth rock flag proudly the past […]
