If you listen hard enough, there’s a subversive side to the Wombats‘ infectious guitar pop. But you’d never know it from the energy Tuesday night at the El Rey Theatre, where the Liverpool trio gave a show that was all about exuberance. The tunes from the band’s sophomore album “This Modern Glitch” might as well […]
There’s a prismatic effect when Sacramento’s Julie Baenziger, aka Sea of Bees, sings “I’ll be fine” over and over on “Broke,” a track off of her latest record “Orangefarben” (out now on Team Love Records). You can hear heartache as much as you can hear a newly profound strength as she sings of a relationship […]
Of Montreal, Junip [pictured], School of Seven Bells, Class Actress, Penguin Prison, Clinic and L.A.’s own funkmeisters Breakestra head up the first batch of acts announced for Filter Magazine’s third annual Culture Collide festival, which goes off Oct. 4-7 at various venues in Echo Park. Also notable an on tap for the event: Dean Wareham […]
Was it the summer of 2010 we first heard from Superhumanoids? Yes. Even though it always feels like some kind of summer when the L.A. dream-pop outfit anchored by Cameron Parkins, Sarah Chernoff and Max St. John unveils new music. No overnight sensations they, Superhumanoids still continue to flirt with the sensational every time they […]
Thursday things: ‣ JD Samson & MEN visit the Echoplex behind this week’s release of their “Time” EP – the second of four EPs the band plans to release this year. L.A.’s Brother and Touché support. That the video for MEN’s “Make Him Pay,” above. ‣ Retro wunderkind Nick Waterhouse celebrates the release of his […]
Your Wednesday menu: ‣ If there was any electronic-heavy show you should have marked down in your calendar, it should have been tonight’s lineup at the Echo. U.K.’s fast-rising band Breton makes their L.A debut. [That’s their video above for “Interference.”] South Africa’s multi-instrumentalist Jonti (on Stones Throw) and Ninja Tune’s Yppah serve as strong […]
[Some new tracks from a few bands who have or will come to town this week…] A Place to Bury Strangers, “You Are the One” – NY noise-rock trio recently returned to L.A. for a show at the Echoplex in support of their “Onwards to the Wall” EP, which only serves as a teaser to […]
To say that Amanda Jo Williams is the Joanna Newsom of the freak-folk scene would be giving the singer-songwriter a label that merely scratches the surface, and a lazy comparison at that. When last year’s “Mary’s Big Feet” introduced us to Williams’s occult world, we knew the avant-garde scatting in the midst of swampy arrangements […]
Foster the People‘s sugary yet fist-pumping electro-pop has brought a different sound to the mainstream world of dance music, and they just keep churning out the singles and accompanying quirky videos from their album “Torches.” The music video for “Houdini,” one of the tracks off that 3-song self-titled EP which landed them a late slot […]
Your jam-packed Tuesday: ‣ It’s that time of the month – BuzzBands LA’s SecondTuesday Songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe features performances by Taylor Locke & the Roughs (in a special acoustic setup with strings), Davis Fetter, Sarah Winters and the debut of solo material by Michael Goldman of Chasing Kings. ‣ U.K.’s the Wombats […]