Where are we, on the fourth or fifth generation of post-punk revivalists? Does that make a re-re-re-re-revival? Not that I’m complaining. Post-punk only loses its potency when the bloat of production or the overt aping of legends smothers it – which, thankfully, is not the case with new L.A. rockers Burroughs. The quartet of singer […]
The new single from Cold War Kids acknowledges changes big and small. In the orbit of the L.A. indie-rock quartet, Dann Gallucci has replaced Jonnie Russell on guitar as the band embarks on making its fourth album. On a larger scale, the Mayan calendar supposedly predicts the end of the world in 2012 (one theory […]
Your Tuesday things: ‣ The Silent Comedy bring their foot-stomping blues-Americana to the Roxy for a headlining show that features rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs, who are working on the follow-up to the two albums they released in 2010, and Races, the indie-rockers whose debut album “Year of the Witch” is out March 27 […]
For the better part of three years now, the Silent Comedy has been the SoCal band Mostly Likely to Cause a Foot Injury. Because if the crowd’s not dancing at the San Diego band’s shows, they’re stompin’, and if they’re not stompin’, they’re tripping over the spectacle of a band looks as if it just […]
Sugar & the Hi Lows may be from Nashville but it’s quite easy to assume their record collection consists of a handful of Motown artists. Rock and R&B easily roll in to one another more often and easier than many think and the duo, which consists of Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup, knows how to […]
Your massive Monday menu for MLK Jr. Day: ‣ Sisters Allison Pierce and Catherine Pierce, aka The Pierces, headline It’s A School Night at Bardot. [That’s their video for “Kissing You Goodbye” above from last year’s record “You and I.”] NO and Zane Carney (of Carney) open. Jennifer Teft from Super Soul Sundays also DJs. […]
No more burning the midnight oil. The L.A. Buzz Bands Show tonight moves to a new time slot on KCSN (88.5 FM). Join me at 7 p.m. for an hour of local music, including new tunes from The Jealous Sound, Tommy Keene, Princeton, Auditorium, 2 Hearts and Chemicals and The donnies the amys, as well […]
Some Sunday selections: ‣ “Occupy Skid Row” will be taking place according to the promoter Chuck D despite concerns of acquiring correct permits. The concert benefiting the homeless on Gladys Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets will start at 1 P.M. with Public Enemy playing at 2 P.M. Other acts scheduled to play include Freestyle […]
Your Saturday spread: ‣ Electronic and producing duo the Knocks headline the Satellite with DWNTWN and Y Luv opening. [That’s their video for “Make It Better” above.] ‣ Singer-songwriter Naomi Greenwald heads a hefty bill at Bootleg Theater, which also features All Spots to Black, Neon Hymns, Mariana Bell and Fierce Creatures. ‣ Anna Nalick […]
The music of M83 imagines a world without gravity, although certainly not without gravitas. Even in the cosmic ambience of Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez’s early work, there was an emotional intensity that tethered us to our mortal coils, as if connecting the dots between what is possible and what is palpable, and maybe suggesting we could […]
