Kassia Conway was singer, bassist and one of two instigators (along with drummer Amy Wood, currently instigating in The Donnies the Amys) in the underrated L.A. outfit All Wrong and the Plans Change. Now Conway has set off on her own, using just her surname and surfeit of things to say. The single “Big Talk” […]
Goldroom, the nom de tune of electro whiz Josh Legg, has been added to the bill for the Ranch Party, the one-day festival Saturday in Topanga Canyon that features 20-plus artists. The Internet, Kisses, Mansions on the Moon and Races are some of the other acts at the top of the bill for the event, […]
Chalk one up for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – the NYC trio have found a way to gracefully marry gospel and indie-rock. Their new song “Sacrilege” is a nervy, vintage-sounding burner that suggests Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase have gotten some kind of religion. It’s one of the new tunes on the Yeah […]
You wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Big night at the Bootleg Bar – With their “In the Corners” 7-inch just out, Francisco the Man rocks the later show, heading up a local lineup that includes Western Lows [see “Last Known Rivers”] and Tashaki Miyaki, along with Buzz Bands LA DJs. The Bootleg’s early show (7 p.m. doors) […]
The most telling moment in the video for the Bleached single “Next Stop” arrives at the close, when all the fun and frolicking is sealed with a wink. Certain viewers might regard that as harmlessly flirtatious; here, we read into it a subtle acknowledgement of the past. Sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin have stepped back […]
If Hanni El Khatib fans were happy to hear a preview of new track “Can’t Win ‘Em All” during the Super Bowl, they’re most likely deliriously giddy about the first official single off of “Head in the Dirt.” Picking right up from his California skate rat days, Khatib – who proved the guns did, indeed, […]
Tuesday’s touts: ‣ Ex-Menomena member Brent Knopf [pictured above] and crew stops by the Bootleg in support of Ramona Falls‘ latest album “Prophet,” and Social Studies opens with songs off their sophomore effort “Developer.” [Check out “Still Life.”] ‣Â Goldroom, who had a big hit with “Fifteen” last summer, spearheads a night that also features Viceroy, […]
Before your jaw drops over the Bronx’s new video, remember this: They are hardcore punk-rockers who lead double lives as a mariachi band. So almost nothing is out of bounds. That said, here is your beefcake matinee, the band’s new, possibly R-rated video for “Wasted Youth.” It premiered, of all places, on Playgirl.com, was directed […]
Folk-rocker Anna Rose came on the radar with her 2010 debut “Nomad,” and then earned some notice for her cover of Arcade Fire’s “My Body Is a Cage.” The daughter of Oscar-winning Disney composer Alan Menken spent several years in L.A. soaking up vibes from the city’s Laurel Canyon history, and now back in her […]
The lean and mean riff that announces “Thanks for Nothing,” the opening song on Great White Buffalo’s new self-titled EP, could be the answer to that question Black Rebel Motorcycle Club posed way back when. Part first-album Kings of Leon, a little bit Surfer Blood and recalling Canadian indie-rockers the Stills, Great White Buffalo follows […]