For all the mussing and fussing that transpired before the Growlers finally released their new album “Hung at Heart” in January, the SoCal quintet is wasting no time with a follow-up. Their “Gilded Pleasures” EP will be out Nov. 12 (on Everloving Records); it’s a nine-song affair recorded in Topanga Canyon in two weeks. The […]
With bands everywhere ripping pages out the ’60s, Jesus Sons sound as if they could write a whole chapter. The L.A.-based quintet of Brandon Wurtz (ex-Spyrals), Shannon Dean, Bert Hoover, Chance Welton and Erik Lake makes psych-rock with a a garagey flavor and an Americana aftertaste. Jesus Sons are the latest addition to the roster […]
Back when pop singers like Adele were getting popular for writing accessible ballads made for radio audiences, there was Diane Birch, whose itinerant upbringing and lifestyle choices influenced the soulful, Brill Building-like pop songs that resounded on her debut “Bible Belt.” Birch’s still got the Carole King vibe going on, but now at 30 (and […]
Some superb shows on tap for your Thursday: ‣ Some personnel and some mailing addresses have changes, but rock quintet Everest remains a huge force. Now split between Nashville and L.A. and with guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan and Dan Bailey joining Russell Pollard, El Thomson and Joel Graves, the band visits the Satellite tonight, supported […]
Swedish pop duo Icona Pop has postponed West Coast tour dates, including Thursday’s show at the Fonda Theatre, because Aino Jawo is suffering from an undisclosed illness. According to a press release, she is under orders from doctors to rest until resuming touring Sept. 6 in Salt Lake City. San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver shows […]
Mind the Gap says “I need a Hero” in their new single, but it’s not a sample nor an interpolation of Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out For a Hero.” Instead, “Hero” is a pulsating electro-pop tune for today’s generation constantly yearning for a solid beat, a sparkling synth riff and a go-to chorus. Lead vocalist Greg […]
The music of singer-guitarist Lisandro “Pato” Aloi is getting a new life in another hemisphere. The native of Argentina, who formerly played in Siga la flecha and the Panvisual Orientation System, embarked on his new project Bonson Berner a couple of years ago, recording an album in Argentina and at New Monkey Studios in Los […]
The National can come off as so grave. Brilliant, but … you know, serious. The video for “Graceless” was directed by Sophie Peer and filmed in the backyard of frontman Matt Berninger’s parents’ house in Cincinnati. This is a party we would like to have attended. The song is from the band’s sixth album “Trouble […]
If this were 1998, we might call young Costa Mesa rockers Future Fix a “modern rock” band. And they’d be the next Killers and be destined for arenas. But the album in the works from Evan Ambrose, Aaron Andersen, Arie Tidwell, Dale Dimapindan is only a little bit Brandon Flowers – Future Fix dives into […]
Do not try this at home, folks. Superhumanoids’ vivid, maudlin for their song “Bad Weather” is not for the faint of stomach. Directed by Taylor Cohen and featuring Shane Coffey and Nicole Aprea, it reveals the utter despair that can only come from deep wounds of the heart. The song is already pretty cinematic itself, […]