No, Justice didn’t decide to triple their signature sign. ” ” ” (pronounced Crosses) is the new side project of Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, formerly of Far. With the help of Chuck Doom (Scott Chuck), the trio only started playing live shows in February, but they’ve released two digital EPs. The first EP simply titled […]
The only thing missing at the Satellite on Saturday night was a huge banner that read “Welcome Class of 1996.” Imperial Teen’s show behind their first album since 2007, “Feel the Sound,” felt like a class reunion where all the cool kids convened to revisit the old days and show off their new luxury automobiles, […]
Last year’s “Only In Dreams” from Dum Dum Girls was a mature departure from their 2010 debut, and “Coming Down” was the first taste of richer songwriting the second time around from frontwoman Kristen Gundred (aka Dee Dee). The heavy ballad finally has a visual companion, but it almost contrasts with the majestic choruses and […]
The Newbury Park quintet the Neighbourhood launched its stealth campaign a couple months ago in the U.K. when the irresistible single “Female Robbery” hit Zane Lowe’s show on Radio One. The band didn’t release any biographical information but teased that more music would be on the way. This past weekend, the equally swoon-worthy “Sweater Weather” […]
“Do you love burgers as much as we do?” asked Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff, after going head-first into a few garage-rock numbers full of psychedelic licks. It might sound like a funny question to ask during a concert, but they were playing Burgerama, after all. Put on by Fullerton-based label Burger Records, the Observatory […]
Your fare for Wednesday: ‣ White Rabbits bring their scorching live show, and the music from their new album “Milk Famous,” to the El Rey Theatre. ‣ Australia dance-pop quintet Gold Fields holds down the party at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Touché and the Neighborhood at the Bootleg Bar ‣ San Diego’s Cuckoo Chaos […]
Hey, hey, hey, the gang’s all here – doing gang harmonies, we mean, not defying grammatical convention by using an apostrophe to pluralize, as the Mowgli’s do. The Los Angeles seven-piece joins a long line of bands taking the collectivist approach to vocals, their chipper folk-pop-with-a-dusting-of-soul seeking to inspire sunny dispositions and sing-alongs. The new […]
Here’s your Tuesday: ‣ Canadian songstress Kathleen Edwards visits the El Rey Theatre behind her fourth album (and finest yet), “Voyageur,” which was co-produced by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). That’s her video for “Change the Sheets,” above. ‣ White Arrows, their new EP “Fireworks of the Sea” out earlier this month, headline the Roxy on […]
“Cars,” the latest single from Fresno-bred the Fay Wrays, may initially deceive listeners into believing the garage-rock trio has calmed down a bit, since the quiet verses are cushioned by light layer of fuzzed out guitars. But as soon as the chorus hits, Ben McEntee and Eli Reyes are back to making ears sting and […]
Ethan Gold, the San Francisco-bred songwriter whose 2011 album “Songs From a Toxic Apartment” was praised by Pitchfork for its “unfiltered, glaring legibility,” joins soulful trio The Record Company, singer-songwriter Laura Meyer and the Brett Farkas vehicle Boys School at Buzz Bands LA’s monthly songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park (RSVP at […]
