Charlie Clark is known in the neighborhood as the scruffy, amiable host of the Thursday songwriter night in the lounge at Taix restaurant in Echo Park, but he compiled quite a resumé before moving to L.A. from his native Scotland a couple years ago. He co-founded the indie-pop outfit Astrid, was a regular in the […]
Totally Tuesday things: ‣ U.K. folk-soul singer Lianne La Havas follows up her SXSW with two headlining shows at the El Rey Theatre. The first one happens tonight with Jamie N Commons as support. ‣ Thurston Moore’s new band Chelsea Light Moving [that’s them pictured above] also swings by L.A. after SXSW. They’ll be at the […]
Nightmare Air’s long-in-the-works debut “High in the Lasers” is the sound of three people at the volume of 3,000 – blissful layers of guitar, bass and drums that isn’t so much shoegaze as it is sonic neurosis. It’s the brainchild of guitarist and pedal geek Dave Dupuis, who played in Film School and paid some bills […]
Jason Molina, the 39-year-old songwriting force behind the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company, died on Saturday of natural causes after along battle with alcoholism, it was announced on his label Secretly Canadian’s website. Jeff Weiss of Passion of the Weiss has authored a lovely tribute. You should read it.
Fresh off the plane from Austin and already plotting tonight’s adventures: ‣Â The Thermals, fresh off torching Austin in seven shows at SXSW, head up the Check Yo Ponytail 2 night at the Echoplex. The Portland trio, whose sixth album “Desperate Ground” comes out April 16, will be supported by Joyce Manor, Dunes and Death Hymn […]
Incoming: The Thermals, the Specials, Bajofondo, the Joy Formidable, Lianne La Havas, Chelsea Light Moving, Bernhoft, Black Francis, Imagine Dragons, Wavves, Charlotte Church, Reverend & the Makers, the Black Lips, the Spits, Matt Costa, Clutch, Doldrums, Christopher Owens, Burgerama, Anthrax, Django Django, 7 Lions, Jesca Hoop, Har Mar Superstar Above:Â That’s Lianne la Havas‘ video for […]
[Last day of South by Southwest’s music festival was a doozy. The industry was frantically running around to catch a set by a band they’ve been meaning to see all week (like this writer), but venues at capacity, long lines and late starts didn’t help. Although the foot traffic seemed to die down just a […]
[And so the last of our five days at South by Southwest came to a close – getting wowed by baby bands, plowed by the crowds and, at the end, sipping a colored drink on a rooftop watching Smashing Pumpkins rage through a free show while Prince and Justin Timberlake played free shows only blocks […]
What a week we’ve had at SXSW in Austin. If you weren’t there, you’re probably sick of hearing about it now – and rest assured, tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN has nothing to do with what went down this past week in Texas. Tune in to KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org) at […]
Are you wearing green this Sunday? ‣ The Bixby Knolls headline a St. Patty’s Day shindig at the Down and Out Bar with Anthem of Silence, Jake Johnston Group and Whippoorwill. ‣ HighasaKite plays an in-store at Amoeba. ‣ And Swingin’ Utters, Sean & Zander, Wild Roses and Jason Cruz & the Howl all team up at […]
