Tonight in L.A.: The Polyphonic Spree, Ty Segall, Nick Waterhouse, Andrew Belle, Heart, Maria Muldaur, the Ceremonies, Hunter Hunted, Quadron, Beth Hart, Avi Buffalo, the Kennedy Administration
Right in the thick of your Thursday: ‣ The Polyphonic Spree visit the El Rey Theatre behnd their new album “Yes, It’s True.” Opening are Harper Simon and Seryn. ‣ Bay Area garage-rocker Ty Segall [pictured] plays the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock behind his new album “Sleeper,” with Electric Flower Group – […]
Bosnian Rainbows – the quartet of Teri Gender Bender, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Deantoni Parks and Nicci Kasper who in July released their debut album – will headline the 15th annual Eagle Rock Music Festival. The free community affair that goes off along Colorado Boulevard in northeast L.A. runs from 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. […]
And the point of this new video for “Young Rut” from PAPA is … Darren Weiss, Daniel Presant and gang can rock your shirt and pants off, as well as your socks? Not really. It’s the fable of a whirlwind laundromat romance that’s torn asunder. Cute stuff. By now you should know that PAPA’s full-length […]
L.A. quartet King Washington played it straight ahead on its 2012 debut “The Gears,” a statement that whether engaged in blues-rock, Americana or classic pop, singer-guitarist Tyson Kelly and crew knew their craft. Kelly, along with George Krikes, Billy Lee and Lucas Ventura, already have a follow-up album ready. “The Overload,” due Aug. 27, is […]
Sometimes you need some blues to tide you over. Los Angeles trio the Record Company – singer-guitarist Chris Vos, bassist Alex Stiff and drummer Marc Cazorla – are working on a full-length follow-up to their “Superdead” EP. In the meantime, the new song “Feels So Good,” which lives up to its title, found a home […]
The songs on Wild Betsy’s debut EP “Hypnopompic” sound as if they might have a secret past. The young L.A. trio of singer-guitarist Tad Ha, bassist Marc Aren and drummer Mark Mallory deal in dark psych-pop that you imagine emerged from nasty ’60s hangover. “Whirlwind” announces itself with some insistent guitar and twisted soul; the […]
Since he arrived in Los Angeles from North Carolina, Jonathan Wilson has established himself as one of this era’s generational bridges, connecting the Way It Was to the Way It Can Be. Along with artists such as Dawes and Jenny O, the singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer has rekindled the California rock sound of the ’60s […]
‣ Danish duo Quadron does the first of two nights at the Troubadour behind the release of its new album “Avalanche.” ‣ Leftover Cuties [pictured] do an evening at the Bootleg Bar behind their new album “The Spark & the Fire.” ‣Â At the Hollywood Bowl, tt’s a taste of Chicago, with Buddy Guy, and a […]
Indie-pop quartet Max and the Moon found last year that the fastest way to get out of their native Chino Hills was to make songs that you can’t get out of your head. Which they did, with their single “Out of My Head,” and the rest of their debut EP “The Way I See.” The […]
Portland expatriates Soft Metals can induce the most colorful of trances. The L.A.-based duo of Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks raised their game with the July release of “Lenses,” their second full-length for Captured Tracks. It’s an album of futuristic sad disco, slick and layered in complexities but not so machine-made that it loses its […]
