So much good classic rock is being relegated to background music for TV, film and advertising these days, you wonder why anybody in his right mind would make an entire album. Alex Troup has – his L.A.-bred quintet Troup has synthesized the singer-guitarist’s keen sense of melody, arena-rock urges and deft juggling of the melancholy […]
White Arrows’ new Marshall Vernet-directed music video has a kaleidoscopic filter, and it’s a great illustration of what you hear in the new batch of songs on their “Fireworks of the Sea” EP (which just dropped this week on Votiv music). The clip also presents a mood that isn’t too far off from what fans […]
Things for 4/4: ‣ Montreal folkies the Barr Brothers – that’s a video of their performance at an Austin bicycle shop during SXSW, above, which included Andrew Barr playing percussion on a bike – swing back through town behind their self-titled debut album. They play the Hotel Cafe on a night that also fetures Ry […]
The video for “Blood For Poppies” – the first single of Garbage’s comeback album “Not Your Kind of People” (due May 15) – was shot in Los Angeles by filmmaker and fashion photographer Matt Irwin. They said they were going for surrealism with this one. At least they picked the right city. ||| Live: Garbage plays […]
If you like the spin Mayer Hawthorne put on soul music but still need a coating of funk and pop-rock, Harlan may be just what you need. Known as the “Alex” in the folk duo Alex & Sam – as well as one-half of Little Brutes and the guitarist who has played with Mayer Hawthorne […]
It’s easier to make sense of what Delta Spirit’s third album is all about – tried-and-true themes of love and longing – than it is to figure how director Abteen Bagheri’s video exactly correlates to the single “California.” The protagonist’s secret-to-her-parents life probably rings familiar to the disenfranchised, but how that ties in to a […]
Around town tonight: ‣ Belter Erika Wennerstrom and Heartless Bastards hit the Echoplex behind their new album “Arrows,” with David Vandervelde and Brian Lopez supporting. ‣ The Far West bring their twangy stylings to the Echo, with Jackson Tanner and Geronimo Getty opening. ‣ Bronze Swagger bring their funky psych-pop to the Bootleg Bar, heading […]
If you saw the video for their single “Big Broom,” you figured there might be balloons at Races’ album-release party. The L.A. sextet did not disappoint Friday night at the Echo. To mark last week’s release of their debut album “Year of the Witch” on Frenchkiss Records, the collective of Wade Ryff, Garth Herberg, Devon […]
L.A. quartet C-horse just finished up a residency at Casey’s, and in fine fashion. The quartet of singer-guitarist Cecilia Enriquez, bassist Lindsay Mancha, keyboardist Mack Marquard and drummer Courtney Olsen debuted this video for “Tongues,” which was directed, actually, by one of our favorite drummers, Sean Johnson. It’s a straight-ahead portrayal of the harmony-soaked pop […]
Happy new month: ‣ The Polyphonic Spree, who have taken to releasing songs one at a time via their own label Good Records Recordings, hits the El Rey Theatre tonight. ‣ April residencies underway tonight: So Many Wizards (with Geoff Geis supporting) at the Echo; Duniven (with Monstro Flora, Lemon Sun and Patrick Joseph supporting) […]