Yoodoo Park – who does business as GRMLN – and his debut album “Empire” have everything a guitar-loving, power-pop fan could want, and now he’s got a video to match the high energy of his latest single “Teenage Rhythm.” The anthem for punks of all kinds gets a similar treatment most garage-centric music videos have. […]
The 1975 have a Manchester mailing address, but that doesn’t mean much these days, right? They could sound like anything, and they do. Some of it is even memorable. Rather than cling to any one aesthetic, the band’s self-titled debut – coming Sept. 10 on Vagrant – promises to be a sonically diverse affair, elecro-spiked […]
A sweet Wednesday night of shows: ‣ The Happy Hollows celebrate the release of their sophomore album “Amethyst” with a show at the Satellite, supported by Nightmare Air and Son of Stan. ‣ Manchester rockers the 1975, whose self-titled debut is on the way Sept. 10, headline the Troubadour, supported by Bad Suns. That’s the […]
Rhye, F*ck Buttons and Keaton Henson, along with L.A. standouts Gliss, Incan Abraham and Mystery Skulls, have been added to the lineup for Filter magazine’s Culture Collide festival, Oct. 9-12 at several venues throughout Echo Park. Phoenix and Dinosaur Jr. headline a separately ticketed Sports Arena show to kick off this year’s festival before artists […]
Here’s a band to go along with your sunny-side-up eggs. L.A. quartet Breakfast – Andrea Adolph, Max Bussell, Sean Dwyer and Luciano Russo – make the kind of music that jolts you like that morning cup of coffee. Breakfast’s buoyant beats sparkle underneath Adolph’s bright vocals in songs such as “Only Way to Go” Â and […]
Actor/producer/songwriter/bearded guy Adam Goldberg first displayed his affection for vintage pop under the name LANDy in 2009, issuing a collection of songs and sonic explorations that he had tinkered with over the years and eventually assembled with the help of Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza. Two years later he renamed his musical project the Goldberg Sisters; of […]
Baggy jeans may be out but baggy beats are still in, as Australian psych-pop band Jagwar Ma are here to remind you. Their debut album “Howlin’” includes 12 tasty tracks that could cater to fans of Tame Impala, Perry Farrell and the Stone Roses and bring back the hype of Madchester scene where the lines between […]
For almost a decade, Jason LaRocca rocked out as frontman of L.A. punk quartet the Briggs, who made four full-lengths, two on SideOneDummy Records, and were responsible for the Los Angeles Kings anthem “This Is L.A.” Since the Briggs went on hiatus a couple years ago, LaRocca has become a studio guy, recording, mixing and […]
Your Tuesday show lineup: ‣ The Postal Service’s tour celebrating the 10-year anniversary (and deluxe reissue) of “Give Up” comes to the Greek Theatre for two nights. Big Freedia and Baths open. ‣ U.K. post-punk quartet Savages [see their video for “Shut Up”] play the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre behind […]
In the reflective song “27” on the new album from the Fling, singer Dustin Lovelis waxes about smiling in the face of impending doom. The Long Beach quintet is, after all, familiar with confronting adversity. The band’s sophomore effort, “Mean Something” (being self-released Aug. 22), marks an impressive bounce-back from a brief and arduous fling […]
