L.A.’s dark electro duo MYPET may have a familiar face. Comprised of singer-songwriter Amy Kuney and producer Ray Brady, MYPET is on the complete opposite end of the musical spectrum for Kuney, whose songs (especially the notable 2008 album “Bird’s Eye View”) have been rooted in mostly folk-pop. Not unlike Meg Myers’ musical transformation after […]
There’s Amanda Jo Williams’ voice – a playful, birdlike instrument, flitting around her country-fried arrangements like an intrepid hummingbird. And then there’s what she’s saying; she delivers her lickety-split vignettes and stream-of-consciousness observations as if she expects you to be on the same page, immediately. If you missed her first three albums, it’s worth getting […]
Think of today’s Buzz Bands LA Show as a warm-up for the long weekend. Join me at 11 a.m. on Moheak Radio for two hours of SoCal music, including new tunes from You Me & Us, Ocha La Rocha, SISU, the Knitts, Chris Schlarb, MK Ultra and Night Riots. And if many of those folks […]
When we first discovered You Me & Us early last year, Carlee Hendrix and Ignacio Caniza had just released their “Paperweights” EP, a charming blast of fuzz-rock. They didn’t have a song over 2 minutes and 30 seconds then and their latest song “Swim or Sink” off of their forthcoming Bobb Bruno-produced “Stay Inside” EP […]
It’s a heavy-duty Friday: ‣ Cold War Kids [that’s Nathan Willett from their February show at the Bootleg Theater, above] headline the Fonda Theatre behind their new album “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts,” with Superhumanoids opening. ‣ Shout Out Louds and Haerts do a second night the El Rey Theatre ‣ Indie-pop trio Sir Sly – just […]
Soulful indie-rockers Nightmare & the Cat, the Los Angeles-based quintet masterminded by British brothers Django and Sam Stewart, will headline the LA Weekly Local Music Stage at the kickoff to 2013’s Chinatown Summer Nights on Saturday, June 15. The evening’s festivities will celebrate Chinatown’s 75th Anniversary – and, in a special nod to the area’s […]
Johnny la Rocha knows his classic rock – whatever fertile soil he’s overturning. He does business as Ocha la Rocha, and “Ocha Scores,” his forthcoming album on JAXART Records, demonstrates the he would be equally comfy jamming with the Marshall Tucker Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers or any number of cowboy country guitar-slingers. The album […]
New York City-based quartet the Dig made plenty of friends in Los Angeles last July, when they summered here and pulled a residency at the Silverlake Lounge. The fact that the foursome of David Baldwin, Emile Mosseri, Erick Eiser and Mark Demiglio brought with them an armload of propulsive, dreamy rock ’n’ roll didn’t hurt, […]
In a broad view, the music of Seven Saturdays is all about Los Angeles – the emotional and geographical sprawl, the grandeur and the grit, the language the city speaks if you hold still long enough to listen. Native Angeleno and composer Jonathan Haskell embraces it all on “Seven Saturdays” (out next week), a collection […]
Coming off their first major local headlining show Wednesday at the Avalon, Youngblood Hawke has been added to the lineup for Make Music Pasadena, a free day of live music throughout Pasadena on Saturday, June 1. The L.A. electro-pop quintet, which in April released their debut album “Wake Up,” join a formidable list of headliners […]