Meg Myers, “After You” – Our favorite ’90s songstress who wasn’t around the in ’90s? Maybe. There’s a measured intensity in the Myers’ sharp pop that speaks, perhaps, to an ongoing negotiation between head and heart. It’s fun to monitor the proceedings. Myers has no live band yet, but an EP is on the way. […]
Friday fare: ‣ Ryan Adams, who made his his Disney Hall debut in November as part of the Bob Mould tribute show, returns to headline the downtown concert hall for two nights behind his album “Ashes & Fire @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ‣ I Will Never Be the Same celebrates the release of its […]
If White Rabbits surprised you with “Heavy Metal,” then their second song from forthcoming album “Milk Famous” might need a couple listens for you to believe it’s still them. In the same vein as our first taste from their long-awaited follow-up to “It’s Frightening,” “Temporary” grooves around the bass line for a rhythmic dance tune. […]
Joachim Cooder has deep roots in L.A. music – he’s the son of guitar legend Ry Cooder, for one, and Joachim has made his own mark starting in 2006 with Hello Stranger (fronted by his now-wife Juliette Commagere) and then as a drummer and session player for a host of A-listers. His new “solo” project […]
The Cribs are back to three. Gone is marquee-name guitarist Johnny Marr, who joined up for the U.K. band’s fourth album, 2009’s “Ignore the Ignorant” then departed last year. Ever present, however, is the Jarman brothers’ knack for writing brash, in-your-face guitar rock – at least, judging from the first single their fifth album, “In […]
Thursday things: ‣ Diamonds are forever (well, for the night, anyway) at the Troubabour – My Brightest Diamond, the nom de tune of Detroit native Shara Worden, shares the chamber-pop from her latest album, “All Things Will Unwind.” And supporting will be Lavender Diamond; Becky Stark and crew have a new album on the horizon. […]
I was pretty sure I’d hate this, but I don’t. The Darcys, a four-piece art-rock band from Toronto, in January released their interpretation of Steely Dan’s 1977 classic “Aja” for free download. Like their self-titled album released last year (produced by Murray Lightburn of the Dears), the Darcy’s “Aja” is noisy, brooding and dense. Yes, […]
Tic Tic Boom! haven’t looked back since they’ve found their strengths in writing dance music, and their confidence has only grown with time. Electro-pop tunes like “Bees” on last year’s “Reasons & Rhymes” sparkled with an eagerness to shimmy bodies on to the dance floor, but new songs such as “For Feeling” off their forthcoming […]
Going solo is the best decision Frankie Rose made in her career so far, and her forthcoming album “Interstellar” (out Feb. 21 on Slumberland Records) is without a doubt solid proof. Going beyond the lo-fi girl-pop tunes she offered on her self-titled debut in 2010 with backing band the Outs, Rose boldly dives so deep […]
Happy Wednesday – there’s plenty afoot tonight: ‣ The long-awaited second album from Meiko, “The Bright Side,” will be out May 15, the L.A. songstress announced yesterday. It’s the follow-up to her self-titled debut, released in 2007 and picked up by MySpace Records (R.I.P.) in ’08. She returns to her home base, the Hotel Cafe, […]