‣ The Icarus Line celebrates the release of its new album “Slave Vows” at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Lido Beach, Retox, Gateway Drugs, Wake Up Lucid, Cherri Bomb and Badflower. ‣ The Presets are joined by Tanlines, Robert DeLong and FMLYBND for an X Games-related show at Club Nokia. ‣ Kitten rocks a sold-out […]
Just after last month’s announcement, Filter’s regrets to announce that Phoenix will be postponing their Oct. 9 show that was scheduled to kick off 2013’s Culture Collide festivities. According to today’s press release, Filter has “learned that due to last minute scheduling conflicts, Phoenix is postponing their Culture Collide Kick Off Show performance to an […]
Dear Boy, the new L.A. quartet fronted by singer-guitarist Ben Grey, wraps its post-punk influences in pop sheen. If Grey isn’t the poster boy for romantic longing – as director Baley Wynn’s slick video for the first single “Oh So Quiet” suggests – he is at least a worthy spokesman, and Grey will probably have […]
Jonathan Bates’ Big Black Delta, hard-rock quartet Dead Sara and ska-punk veterans the English Beat head up the lineup for the Port of Angeles Lobster Festival, which this year again brings a strong lineup of local bands to Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro. The three-day festival runs Sept. 13, 14 and 15. Also […]
Tuesday was a nice reunion night when Franz Ferdinand played the Echoplex to industry folk and loyal local fans alike. But the Scottish post-punk quartet didn’t keep it too polite. Even though the pop-up show was part of a long promotional strategy (they played Coachella in April, played “Conan” on Monday and played the Hollywood […]
There’s a lot of “bad” going on in the latest single from L.A. duo Deap Vally – singer-guitarist Lindsey Troy cops to doing things that are lousy for the body, head, future, image, and on and on, as Julie Edwards crashes away on the drums. “Bad for My Body” (released as a single this week) […]
Just scratching the surface, really, of Thursday’s highlights: ‣ The Sunset Strip Music Festival kicks off at the House of Blues with a Tribute to Joan Jett, who joins past honorees Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Motley Crue and the Doors as the recipient of the Elmer Valentine Award. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will perform as […]
L.A. sister trio Haim (and their trusty drummer Dash Hutton) has been charming fans worldwide for the last two years with only an EP and a single under their belts, but the local fans who have been there for the smaller shows will still be happy to hear a recording of “The Wire.” Often performed live […]
The last time we referenced “Soft Swells” and “summer” was last August, when the L.A. quartet released its undeniable single “Summer Song.” Songwriter Tim Williams and gang again play to their strength in the video for “Lifeboats,” a song off the band’s mood-elevating 2012 debut that gets a new life on Soft Swells’ new “Lifeboats” […]
Orange County’s Jake McMullen released a solo EP while he was still in his teens, and last year had a run fronting the band York, whose EP “I Might” displayed the young songwriter’s continuing explorations in roots music. With York having gone by the wayside, he’s back to making music under his own name, collaborating […]