The Shins today announced that their new album “Port of Morrow” would be out March 20 via Aural Apothecary/Columbia, and along with that blast revealed the new track “Simple Song” – more evidence that James Mercer and gang can write great simple songs. The track is available for immediate download for folks who pre-order the […]
It’s as if Princeton gave its brainy but not previously brawny indie-pop a style job. And it’s looking good. On its sophomore album “Remembrance of Things to Come,” the Santa Monica-bred quartet of twins Matt and Jesse Kivel, Ben Usen and David Kitz forgoes traditional pop constructs in favor of dense and often percussive orchestrations […]
Happy Monday, and it is indeed a happy Monday: ‣ Funk, R&B and psych-rock mixologist Van Hunt, whose new album “What Were You Hoping For?” came out last fall, does the RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot. Tycho and Jacuzzi Boys also play. ‣ Electro genre-masher Robert DeLong kicks off a residency at Los […]
[Update: So tonight’s news bulletin was that the L.A. Buzz Bands Show moves to a new time slot beginning next Sunday, Jan. 15 – I’ll be on at 7 p.m. each week for a hour of local tunes. Thanks to everyone who tuned in during the midnight hour these past six months.] Barely a week […]
If the hint dropped on Coachella’s Twitter feed is to be believed, the lineup for this year’s double-your-fun festival – it’s two weekends, April 13-15 and April 20-22 – will be announced this week. Organizers tweeted the image at left on Friday, while continuing, ostensibly, to tease some of acts by posting artist videos on […]
Raise a glass for Elvis: ‣ The Annual Elvis Presley Birthday Bash – the King would have turned 77 years old today – goes off startinga t 4 p.m. at the Echoplex. The long-running event, staged by Art Fein and now more than 25 years old itself, brings a host of musicians and celebrities to the […]
Your Saturday selections: ‣ Tenlons Fort‘s brief return to L.A. prompts another show. This time Jack Gibson is joined by Avi Zahner-Isenberg (of Avi Buffalo) and Will Courtney [who will be also be playing our SecondTuesdays show on Jan.10] at Lot 1 Cafe. ‣ The Smell continues to celebrate their 14th anniversary. Best Coast picks […]
Last American Buffalo, the nom de tune of singer-guitarist Kevin Compton and a rotating cast of ace players, roared through 2011 releasing a self-titled EP, a two-track single and an interesting recorded-in-one-take batch of demos, along with playing a residency or two. Compton’s excursions dating back to 2007 and 2009 leaned more toward desert Americana […]
[Brooklyn edition: A few East coast dream-pop rockers we wish had some West coast tour dates.] Frankie Rose, “Know Me” – Although Frankie Rose bounced around from band to band during 2008 when bands started paying homage to the C86 era (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls), her solo material was still released under […]
‣ L.A. Slush, the new website launched by former LA Weekly nightlife columnist Lina Lecaro, is reporting that the Music Box at the Henry Fonda is shuttering. Read the report here. And Goldenvoice just released a statement: At this time, it is our understanding that the closing of The Music Box is a short term […]