Winding up your holiday weekend: ‣ The Off Sunset Street Festival goes off on Santa Monica Boulevard (between Hoover and Sunset), with a musical lineup featuring My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, the Record Company, GayC/DC, Handsome As Sin, the Mo-Odds, Fly N Lion, Barrio Tiger and Fur Factor. ‣ Long-running U.K. electro duo […]
And your 4th of July weekend continues: ‣ Peter Murphy does a second night at the El Rey Theatre this week. My Jerusalem supports. [That’s Murphy’s video for “Hang Up” above.] ‣ Want to continue celebrating the holiday with outdoor music and food? Then Stones Throw Picnic at California Plaza featuring sets by Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, […]
Spend part of Independence Day with The Independent FM? Sure, why not. Whether you are enjoying this lazy, hazy Friday or making preparations for tonight, I’ve got the perfect midday soundtrack: The Buzz Bands LA show, kicking off at 11 a.m. Tune in for “Fourth of July” by King Washington, or “4th of July” by […]
Have a safe Fourth of July: ‣ Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell do a third night at the Hollywood Bowl, capped by the venue’s signature fireworks display. ‣Â Semi Precious Weapons plays the pre-fireworks set (8:15 p.m.) at radio station 98.7’s ALTimate Block Party, the free concert going off at Grand […]
“Famous or we’ll die trying / Everybody ends up in California,” Freedom Fry sing in “Home,” an ode to their adopted southern California home. The duo’s new single is a beautifully languid acknowledgement of the seductive powers of L.A. – and the latest pop gem from New York-bred Bruce Driscoll and Paris-born Marie Seyrat. After […]
The Peach Kings’ spin on Americana has always been sultry and dark, so it makes sense that the NSFW video for the title track of their “Mojo Thunder” EP is a whirlwind of iniquity. The gripping animation done by the New York-based studio Ataboy, under the direction of Kris Merc and Benjy Brooke, portrays a […]
I’ve always thought that somehow it might not be a concidence that the acronym for Los Angeles quartet Patrolled By Radar is PBR. Theirs is working-class roots-rock that finds nuggets of meaning in seemingly workaday scenarios. PBR’s new album “Cool Your Jets,” their third, finds singer-guitarist Jay Souza and mates Bosco Sheff, Ben Johnsen and […]
News from far and wide … ‣ OK Go has been added to the lineup for the free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier; the poptastic video wizards will play Sept. 4, along with Allah-Las. Find the full lineup here. ‣ Mini Mansions are now signed to Capitol Records and in Dallas recording […]
The Bixby Knolls have long repped the dark underbelly of rock in L.A. – although not the costumed bombast of the city’s metal history, nor the practiced indie cool of bands that have made downtown-adjacent neighborhoods their home. No, they’ve been like having a Primal Scream in the neighborhood, a quartet whose gritty but hopeful […]
On the eve of your long weekend, here’s what’s up: ‣ NYC duo The Knocks will help you get “Comfortable” (that’s the title of their latest EP) at the Echoplex, where they’re supported by ASTR and DWNTWN. ‣ It’s a night of heady experimental music at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park – the free summer […]
