Wild Nothing‘s debut record “Gemini” was a standout among 2010’s tsunami of dream-pop, but it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jack Tatum and Co. We had an inkling that Tatum was taking this time to record a follow-up, and today we have proof. The first taste from Wild Nothing’s new batch of songs […]
“New” sounds pretty good this morning, doesn’t it? The Buzz Bands LA show on Moheak Radio will have all kinds of new – fresh tunes from forthcoming albums by Delta Spirit, Robert Francis, Chasing Kings, Soft Swells, Nite Jewel and the Breakups, along with some sonic previews of the next two Buzz Bands LA-presented live […]
What happens when two of L.A. most adroit songwriters put their heads together? Something sweet, that’s for sure. Sweet Hearts is the result of about a year of on-and-off collaboration between Priscilla Ahn, the songstress who’s released two albums on Blue Note Records, and Charlie Wadhams, the indie rocker-turned-solo artist whose tunes were featured in […]
Fare for your fantastic Friday: ‣ Lucinda Williams returns for a show at UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her acclaimed release “Blessed.” Blake Mills opens. ‣ Cambodian psych-rockers Dengue Fever join Secret Chiefs 3 for a concert at the El Rey Theatre. ‣ It’s one more local show for Wilco, this one at the Los Angeles […]
Races began as Wade Ryff’s attempt at putting his solo material out there, but as the group added members, changed band names (from Black Jesus) and picked up steam – leading to their signing with Frenchkiss Records – it’s hard to imagine their music was originally planned for a one-man band. Ryff, Garth Herberg, Oliver […]
Can we all just agree now that Alabama Shakes are the genuine article? That they’re worth all the hype you’ve been hearing from little blogs, big websites and NPR? That so-called blues made my college-educated hipsters doesn’t quite measure up? That we’ve found a voice that really makes us want to drink whiskey and kill […]
Aaron Embry’s solo material has often taken a back seat to his work with other artists – he’s been party to albums and tours for a host of A-listers, he produced Avi Buffalo’s debut album, and most recently he has played keyboards for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. And his 2008 album as Amnion […]
On the menu tonight: ‣ Big Freedia brings the bounce to the Bootleg Barfor a party with Franki Chan and BLOK. That’s Big Freedia’s video for last year’s single “Y’all Get Back Now,” above. Do not try this at home. ‣ Chelsea Wolfe, already at work on her third album and with a big European […]
Jeff Tweedy on Tuesday night allowed as how he’d been watching Sammy Hagar perform recently and realized he’s never dropped the P-word onstage. So in front of a sold-out crowd at the Palladium, with hand-in-the-cookie-jar glee, the Wilco bandleader boyishly said it. Three times. “Pussy.” The band got a chuckle out of that one, and […]
L.A. fans know Lady Danville’s backstory: The trio of Michael Garner, Dan Chang and Matthew Frankel stormed out of UCLA’s Awaken A Cappella group in a moment of harmonic convergence, took up instruments and began carving out their own path. After a couple of under-the-radar releases and plenty of touring, the trio is now making […]
