In his pop guise, Spencer Berger is Auditorium – although, he points out in his profile, “You don’t have to call Spencer ‘Auditorium’ in real life. He’s not like The Edge. In fact, if you called him ‘Auditorium,’ he’d politely tell you to stop.” What Berger is, however, is a one-man terror in the studio. […]
Mark Sovel – aka Mr. Shovel, the former music director at Indie 103.1 – returns to the FM airwaves this weekend when he launches a new show on KCSN (88.5 FM). “City of Night With Mr. Shovel” will air weekly at 8 p.m. on Saturdays. It’s part of a revamped KCSN lineup that includes another […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Andrew McMahon brings Jack’s Mannequin to the Viper Room for a sold-out show behind the October release of his third album, “People and Things.” Don’t stay out too late, though (or set your DVR), the band also appears tonight on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” Jack’s Mannequin kicks off a nationwide […]
When I first came across Audra Mae a couple of years ago, the first thing that impressed was the voice – powerful and expansive as the plains in her native Oklahoma. Then, of course, there was the fact she could use “jeepers” in a song and get away with it. Her backstory – the great-great-niece […]
Indie-rock fans who’ve waited more than 2 1/2 years for White Rabbits to reload their “Percussion Gun” now have something to look forward to: The Brooklyn sextet’s third album, “Milk Famous,” will be out March 6 via TBD Records. Through two albums, 2007’s “Fort Nightly” and 2009’s Britt Daniel-produced “It’s Frightening,” White Rabbits earned cred […]
Jennifer and Jenny are two very different names, and pop-rockers Taylor Locke & the Roughs show this in their new video for the latter. In comparison to 2010’s video where the band spends a little time in a dark club with a “Jennifer in high heel shoes,” this year’s clip shot by Nick Williams in […]
So many good shows tonight – in the interest of self-promotion, we’ll start with our own: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday, our monthly songwriter night, brings Correatown, Imperial Mammoth, College Kids and Will Courtney to Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park for a night of acoustic or semi-acoustic sets. The music starts at 9:15. ‣ […]
[Today’s bulletins, updated at 3:40 p.m.:] ‣ “Can we make the desert bloom?” asks the question on Pulp’s website. They’re gonna try. They’re playing Coachella, the site says … Earlier, Canadian sensation the Weeknd was the latest artist whose video has been featured on the Coachella website, a strong hint that the 21-year-old artist born […]
Of all the successes big and small enjoyed by Los Angeles bands in 2011, none was improbable as Mariachi El Bronx, the side project-turned-focal point of hardcore punk quintet the Bronx. Born on a lark in 2007 when Fuel TV (R.I.P.) asked the punk Bronx to perform acoustically (oh, the ignominy), Mariachi El Bronx have […]