Mirror Lady arrived quietly on the Silver Lake scene recently, dispensing two lo-fi dollops of twitchy folk-pop notable for their keening vocals and skeletal synths – both of which do not exit the brain easily after entering the ears. The trio is the brainchild of T.J. Petracca, Sean Robinson and Taylor Pile, who met at […]
Jack Littman’s spare folk music abides the great traditions of the troubadour. The 23-year-old Los Angeles native (yet another product of Hamilton High’s music program) digs deep to narrate the frailties of the human condition – his and others’ – and in the manner of an essayist uses his deft vocal phrasing as punctuation. His debut […]
Jack White today announced that a solo album titled “Blunderbuss” would be released April 24 via his own Third Man Records (and Columbia). In the press release, he calls it: “an album I couldn’t have released until now. I’ve put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel […]
Getting your week started right: ‣ Chasing Kings wind up a month of previewing songs off their forthcoming album “Nice Guys” at the Satellite, and their final residency night also features Shadow Shadow Shade and Francisco the Man. ‣ Princeton (pictured) wraps up its Bootleg Theater residency, with NO and Rich Aucoin supporting. ‣ The […]
So much new music, so little time. That’s the theme for tonight’s L.A. Buzz Bands Show on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org). For an hour starting at 7 p.m., I’ll have fresh tracks from Delta Spirit, Robert Francis, Soft Swells, the Jealous Sound, LP, Lady Danville and Chasing Kings, along with songs from Y […]
Midway through the Jealous Sound’s comeback album “A Gentle Reminder,” singer-guitarist Blair Shehan sings optimistically, “This is happening.” Fans of the L.A. quartet’s breakthrough “Kill Them With Kindness,” selected one of SPIN’s best albums of 2003, will hardly believe it. After the eight years, the Jealous Sound is back, shedding baggage, embracing the future and […]
Your Sunday slate: ‣ Indie-rock quartet LA Font ought to be in a chipper mood tonight – the foursome’s recent Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a full-length album met its goal this past week. LA Font headlines the Bootleg Bar tonight, on a bill with the Ross Sea Party and Minneapolis indie-rockers Rogue […]
Saturday night’s show menu: ‣ Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, who released an EP via his side project The Hell (with ex-Angels & Airwaves drummer Atom Willard) in December and has another side project in the works with AFI’s Hunter Burgan, visits the Troubadour on a solo acoustic tour. Mike Park, the veteran punk rocker […]
Psychedelic rockers Dengue Fever have played around the globe with both their outstanding support for political movements and tunes that are just as strong-headed. Hailing from Los Angeles (and always shouting out to Echo Park), Chhom Nimol, Zac Holtzman, Ethan Holtzman, Senon Williams, Paul Smith and David Ralicke have made their grooves accessible to fans […]
On two albums released during her tenure in Los Angeles – 2009’s “It’s Spooky to Be Young” and 2005’s “Items You Won’t Find Elsewhere” – songwriter Meredith Meyer proved adept at airy, dreamy pop confessionals. A year ago, the Oklahoma native forsook L.A. to take up residence in New York, and life in the concrete […]