Sunday things: ‣ Austin’s Shearwater, the band which features Okkervil River’s Jonathan Meiburg, brings their psychedelic folk rock to the Echo in support of their latest album “Animal Joy.” [That’s their video above for the “You As You Were.”] Fellow Sub Pop label mates and Aussies Husky will support. Hardly Art artist Gold Leaves opens […]
Didn’t we read an obituary for record stores about five years ago? Another new shop and event space – Mount Analog (5906 1/2 Figueroa) – celebrates in grand opening today. The Highland Park shop joins recent and semi-recent arrivals Origami in Echo Park, Permament in Eagle Rock, Wombleton in Eagle Rock, High Fidelity in Los […]
Indoors and outdoors, your Saturday: ‣ Buzzing 21-year-old rapper Azealia Banks brings her “Mermaid Ball” to the Fonda Theatre. ‣ L.A. quartet Saint Motel celebrates the release of its debut full-length “Voyeur” at the El Rey Theatre, supported by Princeton and Chasing Kings. ‣ Moby does an acoustic set and then DJs in the outdoor […]
Any fan of legendary 1970s psychedelic cartoon “The Point” will appreciate AM‘s first offering from his forthcoming album. The L.A. singer-songwriter adds his own brushstrokes to the Harry Nilsson classic, “Me and My Arrow,” with his signature beat-driven folk – and speeds it up just a tad for a modern flourish. AM’s soaring falsetto is […]
Frequent Echo Park visitors may recognize the settings for the new Rainbow Jackson music video. In the Justin Bell-shot clip for “Rings” off of the band’s recently released “Rippin’ Off the Rails” EP, you get a glimpse into its real-life abode as well as the neighborhood record store Origami Vinyl. The only thing is, most […]
If you didn’t fall deeply in love with Australia’s Tame Impala when the psych-rock quartet released 2010’s remarkable “Innerspeaker,” then the new, heavily Beatles-influenced tune the quartet is passing around the Internet will no doubt pull you in to a deep undertow of reverbed riffs and melodies. New fans need not underestimate the impenetrable yet […]
Andy Clockwise is a manipulator, a button-pusher, a shameless plunderer of musical styles who looks like a mob accountant but plays like he should be wearing Spandex. He swears like a 17-year-old dirtbag and often attracts crowds populated by former 17-year-old dirtbags now refining those social skills in collared-shirt adulthood. ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo […]
Good morning, class. Were you paying attention this past week? The Soft Pack unveiled a new song and album details. As did Blonde Summer. You were introduced to the Tin Drums. And Iggy Pop & Bethany Cosentino caught our ears with a collaboration done for the HBO show “True Blood.” Those artists, along with newbies […]
The Blank Tapes describe their sound as “beach party,” and who are we to throw sand in their faces when the San Francisco quartet led by Matt Adams are providing sunny tunes such as their new 7-inch single “I’m Back” (out now on 20 Sided Records). Currently fleshing out the live band with Pearl Charles, […]
Too much of a good thing on this Friday the 13th: ‣ Aesop Rock headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Skelethon” (that’s the video for “Zero Dark Thirty,” above), with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz supporting. ‣ L.A.’s Sea Wolf, San Francisco’s Geographer and all manner of games and fun are […]
