Autolux, Aloe Blacc (pictured), Eastern Conference Champions, Chasing Kings, Family of the Year, Incan Abraham and Robert DeLong are among the first round of artists announced to play the Silver Lake Jubilee on May 26 and 27. After the jump, the list:
Modern Time Machines’ don’t make songs as much as they make dervishes, swirling blasts of guitar that sound as if they’ve been picked up by a bold Santa Ana wind and, circular melodies and featherweight vocals intact, deposited in your consciousness like a slap on the ears. The quartet of Ben Golomb, Dean Estella, Satu […]
Friday fun, and we mean fun: ‣ First Fridays at the Natural History Museum roars into its third month of 2012, bringing Zola Jesus and EMA to the North American Hall of Mammals. ‣ Ohio’s Cloud Nothings headline the Echo behind their new album “Attack on Memory.” That’s the video for “No Future / No […]
FIDLAR returns with the fourth and final music video in support of their “DIYDUI” EP, and if you thought a sand-boarding Grim Reaper was odd in the clip for “Wake Bake Skate,” the plot for “Oh” will make that seem like a pleasant daydream. Directed by Ryan Baxley, a day at Joshua Tree gets out […]
Notable new tracks from artists we’ve written about recently: David Shane Smith, “Additives” – The electro-experimental collagist who caught our ears last year with the mind-bending “Shampoo” returns with another track that bends beats, synths, guitars and sundry other noises into something very compelling. And, hey, that’s Christian Bale. Saint Motel, “Honest Feedback” (limited time) […]
Members of the Fresno indie-rock band the Fay Wrays were mourning the death last Saturday of Paul Albert Harper, one of three musicians to play bass for the band. Harper died at age 27 in Chico. The cause was thought to be alcohol poisoning. Drummer Eli Reyes, who also plays in the the Fresno- and […]
Knowing Gene Simmons’ penchant for litigation, we wonder whether Madi Diaz has heard from any lawyers about her video for “Gimme a Kiss.” Director Erich Weiss – he of the documentary film on the legendary tattoo artist Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins – turned the winsome song on its ear for the video: “I just got […]
It’s March already? Tonight certainly feels like it: ‣ Brooklyn-based dance-punks !!! (Chk Chk Chk) are assembling material for their first album since 2010’s “AM/FM” and doing a run of club shows to try out new songs. They visit the Echoplex tonight supported by Wild Belle. ‣ Veteran psych-rocker Roky Erickson returns for a show […]
Leaps Days like today may inspire some to try different ventures, be braver and perhaps even grow up a little. But the guys in this clip for Moses Campbell‘s new track “Ceiling” remind us how easy it is to just be a kid and nothing else. In a similar vein to infamous best buds like […]
Davy Jones was not supposed to go this soon. Not when so many of my female friends still harbored their crushes. Not when he was still doing a solo tour. Not when “Daydream Believer” still sounds so fresh. Davy Jones was supposed to give heart attacks, not suffer them. Jones died today at age 66. […]
