Carina Round is a woman of many voices, full of vigor and empowerment one moment, tender and vulnerable the next, and a bit art-damaged at others. All speak in varying tones on “Tigermending,” the U.K.-bred, Los Angeles.-based songstress’s first album in five years. Compared to PJ Harvey in her early days on Interscope, Round has […]
Riley Bray is a tall man– 6-foot-7, according to the press release – which, ostensibly, should help the singer-songwriter’s reach. As frontman of the Golden Ghosts, all things roots-rock are within Bray’s grasp. “Gleam,” the band’s just-released debut album, doesn’t deviate too much from the classic rock diagram, but whether meting out earnest anthems, brawny […]
No aliens were harmed during Magic Wands’ album-release show on Tuesday night at the Satellite. A few sensibilities, maybe. The Silver Lake venue was decked out rather garishly in a tropical theme for the occasion – the band’s long-awaited debut “Aloha Moon” orbiting around the concept of an island in outer space, after all. But […]
Canadian electro songstress Grimes will join indie-pop and folk luminaries Grouplove, Milo Greene, Cults and Soko on the bill for this year’s Make Music Pasadena, the free daylong festival that draws more than 30,000 to the City of Roses. The diverse bill also features electro-funk guru Dam-Funk, Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever, French chanteuse Jessica Fichot […]
‣ Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band visit the Sports Arena behind the March release of the songwriter’s 17th studio album, “Wrecking Ball.” Also:
The final day of the second weekend of Coachella 2012 wound up in topsy-turvy fashion, with electrifying sets from At the Drive-In (top photo) and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (and an array of guests). From her sixth day at the festival (plus a stop for Pulp in between), photographer Debi Del Grande sends a […]
The Saturday lineup of Coachella’s Weekend 2 again brought stellar performances from the festival’s U.K contingent, including Kaiser Chiefs, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Kasabian and, of course, Radiohead (top photo). Photographer Debi Del Grande made the rounds and selected some highlights for this gallery.
The sweltering heat festival-goers have come to know and loathe descended on Part II of Coachella’s doubleheader in the desert last weekend. But it didn’t seem to dampen the enthusiasm of L.A.’s Grouplove (top photo). Photographer Debi Del Grande captured some of Friday’s performers in this gallery.
Folk singer-songwriter Simone White has always had a keen sense of storytelling. Her folk/country-tinged 2007 debut, “I Am the Man” and 2009’s quiet offering “Yakiimo” gently pierced listeners with a soft synthesis of intimacy and intelligence. But come May 7, the White will no longer be defined by only her wispy vocals, when “Silver Silver” […]
Times are changing for L.A. rockers Everest, and to them it might feel like “Rapture.” The quintet, which burst on the scene in 2008 with “Ghost Notes” on Neil Young’s Vapor Records and followed it up in ’10 with “On Approach” on Warner, has parted ways with the major label for its third album. “Ownerless” […]
