The Hudson Block Party on Sunday in West Hollywood might not have been very popular with neighbors – there’s quite an afterburn surrounding the second annual event – but it was a big hit with music fans, who were treated to another great outing from White Rabbits and a show-stealing performance by LP. Haim and […]
Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck of Sweden’s I Break Horses may or may not be fans of Smog, but either way, the sonic offerings on their debut album “Hearts” is far from anything one would liken to Bill Callahan. Their shoegaze influences are obvious (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Jesus & Mary Chain), but the electronic […]
Funeral Club’s mesmerizing new single “Waves & Waves” is the latest slice of folk noir from the partners in tune (and life) Joseph and Jenny Andreotti, who explain that the song was inspired by some of their favorite films. You can certainly hear a little Bergman in Jenny’s plantive vocals and the mournful keys and […]
Nikki Lane’s album “Walk of Shame” (released last fall on IAMSOUND) is Americana that’s all full of spit and vinegar, stuff that will remind you of a dozen twangy songstresses you love. The video for “Lies,” on the other hand, reminds me of something else. I. Want. That. Car. ||| Live: Nikki Lane opens for […]
Our show picks for Morrissey’s birthday (Moz himself is in San Diego tonight): ‣ The Riverboat Gamblers’ new album “The Wolf You Feed” is out today, and the Texas punk-rock quintet celebrates with a show at the Satellite, supported by Biters and Roll the Tanks. ‣ The Mark Lanegan Band swings back through town behind […]
Death to Anders, the L.A. quartet who through five releases largely adhered to the jagged, dissonant ideal of indie-rock in the 1990s, is going not-so-quietly into the night. “We had a good run, but it’s time to close the chapter on Death to Anders,” frontman Rob Danson said in a Facebook post. “Thank you for […]
[Here are new tunes from a few L.A. bands we’ve written about in the past…] Goldroom, “Fifteen (feat. Chela)” (via Facebook) – The last time we heard from producer Josh Legg, aka Goldroom, his synths had taken on a more festive feel with “Morgan’s Bay,” but Legg – who is also a member of the […]
Around 2007, the Deadly Syndrome were among the brightest lights on L.A.’s indie-rock horizon, four scruffy dudes who performed sweat-soaked shows with cardboard cutouts of ghosts onstage – a reference to one of their best songs and also symbolic of the quartet’s unspoken maxim that what they were doing (and probably whatever we were, too) […]
For the third Monday in May: ‣ Resurgent U.K. pop singer Daniel Bedingfield (remember “Gotta Get Thru This” from 2002?), on the heels of his first release since 2004, plays the Hotel Cafe tonight as part of the SuperSoul Mondays 3-Year Anniversary Party, along with Jason Joseph & the Spectacular and more. Bedingfield’s new EP […]