Kan Wakan, the septet whose cinematic fusion of rock, soul, classical, Americana and psychedelia immediately won fans in its home base of Los Angeles and beyond, will headline the 75th annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, in downtown L.A. Signed to Verve Music Group, Kan Wakan is expected to announce the release […]
This was bound to happen, we suppose. Steffaloo (aka Steph Thompson) seduced fans with little more than her emotive, airy vocals and spare guitar and ukulele parts on her 2012 full-length, “Would You Stay,” a beautifully fragile record that lays bare the heart of her songwriting. For her next act, Thompson goes full-on into the […]
Eastern Conference Champions closed out the Buzz Bands LA / White Iris Records stage at Echo Park Rising on Sunday night with a signature blast of guitar-driven ecstasy. But that we expected. What surprised was the soulful, rather show-stealing turn from Rachel Fannan and her band Only You. It was but one reason the Taix […]
If there was any hangover from Saturday’s massive first day of Echo Park Rising, it didn’t show on Sunday. The Lonely Wild, Body Parts, James Supercave and Hot As Sun gave exhilarating outdoor stage performances; Holy Folk played one of several memorable sets at the Echo; and not unlike the South by Southwest music festival, […]
It’s Tuesday, make it count: ‣ Australian synth-pop outfit Strange Talk returns to the U.S. for a headining show at the Bootleg Bar, with Omniflux and VIBES supporting. Above is the video for “Cast Away,” from their Tony Hoffer-produced EP; their album of that title will be out in the U.S. in the fall. ‣ […]
Hello, Echo Park Rising, we had a feeling it’d be like this: The Icarus Line closed out the proceedings Saturday on the Buzz Bands LA / White Iris Records stage inside Taix restaurant with a chandelier-rattling performance of songs from their new album “Slave Vows.” They were preceded by an eight-pack of stellar performances from […]
Sunset what? Echo Park Rising, the upstart neighborhood celebration of music that emerged when the long-running Sunset Junction festival went bust, expanded to two days this year, and early returns were that the festival was a smash hit. From the outdoor stage at Taix to the Echo and Echoplex to smaller rooms all over the […]
It only seems like every other car on southern California’s crowded freeways is filled with a surf-punk or garage-rock band. Some of the latest contenders for three minutes of your undivided attention are Corners, who have followed up last year’s 10-song, 25-minute album “Beyond Way” with a new single, “My Baby,” via Lolipop Records. The […]
Saturday evening might have offered concert overload for music fans, but that didn’t keep the crowds away from 2013’s final Chinatown Summer Nights. An eclectic lineup of seven bands held forth the LA Weekly Live Music Stage, capped by the dance-friendly electro-pop of Hot As Sun and the rhythmically sophisticated indie-rock of Incan Abraham. The […]
Happy Monday, and we mean that: ‣ Best Coast does a second night at the El Rey Theatre, supported by Bleached and the Lovely Bad Things. ‣ Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran start their run of four concerts this week at Staples Center. ‣ U.K. singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard does a show at Harvard & Stone. […]
