Silver Lake lost its “Salvation” this week. “It’s not lost,” Scott Sterling says, “just on sabbatical.” Sterling, the man behind concert promoters the Fold, has vacated one of his company’s longtime venues, the Silverlake Lounge, where the Fold has regularly booked shows for 15 years. Gone is the venue’s signature “Salvation” sign, which has back-lit […]
By Erik Ehlert He is simply calling this project Jack White. The prolific gunslinger that can make his six-string talk like perhaps no other can has just released his new album, “Blunderbuss.” White, who has already sold out two nights at the Wiltern later this month, did a bonus show on Monday night at downtown’s […]
Adam Yauch, aka MCA of groundbreaking alternative hip-hop group Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone and mother media outlets have reported. It was unclear immediately whether Yauch’s death was related to his battle with cancer; he had been in treatment for a growth in a parotic gland, including surgery and […]
Join me at 11 a.m. on Moheak Radio for this week’s installment of the Buzz Bands LA Show, your weekly feast of what’s new and hot in local music. Today’s manic midday will feature new music from the Neighbourhood, Honeydrip, Warships, 2 Hearts and Chemicals, Last in Class, Queen Caveat and Fort King. And I’ll […]
Happy Friday, we’re full up with good shows: ‣ With their sophomore album “Here” due at the end of the month, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros take on the Greek Theatre. Early arrival recommended for opener Aaron Embry. ‣ Lindsey Buckingham does a one-man show at the Wiltern, performing songs from his recent solo […]
Aaron Kyle has dialed it back, but in no way should the Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s new approach be considered a retreat. As frontman of the swampy Americana outfit Le Switch, Kyle’s big, boozy vocals were fit for a New Orleans saloon. Now doing business as Geronimo Getty, he brings tempered, tremulous tones to the table […]
It’s lunch time. Are you hungry yet? These guys are. Either the Wave Pictures just really enjoy scarfing down spaghetti, or an eating contest is their way of celebrating the release of their 12th studio album. Whatever “Spaghetti” may mean to them, it’s about time the Wymeswold, England-based rock trio play some shows on this […]
The electro-shoegaze of bi-coastal collaborators 2 Hearts and Chemicals is growing tentacles. Guitarist Eli Lhymn – the L.A. half of the band – recently rekindled a friendship with singer-bassist Guylaine Vivarat, known for her work in local bands such as Detective, Useless Keys and Tennis System. Their sweeping one-off “Froid” suggests a epic movie narrated […]
Top picks on a monster Thursday night: ‣ In between dates opening for Coldplay, U.K. electro quartet Metronomy plays the El Rey Theatre, with Ben Browning (of Cut Copy) supporting. That’s Metronomy’s stylish video for “The Bay,” above. ‣ BRAD, the long-running project featuring Stone Gossard, Regan Hagar, Keith Lowe and Shawn Smith, headline the […]
[Three feisty female-led tracks that have come across our radar…] Elle King, “Playing For Keeps” – Elle King’s gutsy sound is Brooklyn meets Nashville meets Detroit. Her gritty soulful voice glides and halts as it pleases over rock arrangements boasting banjo and guitar, and she’s currently on tour with big name artists such as Of […]
