Things for your terrific Tuesday: ‣ Maynard James Keenan and Puscifer wind down a big tour behind their new album “Conditions of My Parole” with a show at the Orpheum Theatre. Carina Round opens. ‣ Long-running Chicago indie-rockers the Sea and Cake headline the Troubadour behind their ninth album, “The Moonlight Butterfly.” ‣ U.K. soul […]
The name of KCRW’s holiday benefit show posed the so-rhetorical-it’s-silly question “Are Friends Eclectic? Gee, waddya think? You’d be hard-pressed to find the fare at Saturday’s four-plus-hour concert in the same time zone, let alone on the same spot on your FM dial. While “Eclectic’s” genial host, KCRW music director Jason Bentley, repeatedly marveled about […]
The Sharp Ease burned brightly and went away too quickly. They released a batch of memorable art-punk in 2006 – memorable, I say, because I’m always asked about “Remain Instant” when it comes up in indie-rock DJ sets – and went loudly into the night in 2007 with a show at the Smell, recounted here. […]
There has been movement since Robert DeLong released his DIY album “Just Movement” earlier this year – artistic growth, and plenty of it. The up-and-coming electro-pop maestro, now working out of a pro studio with an experienced team, is re-shaping the album and adding new material inspired by his continuing explorations in rock, pop and […]
L.A.’s Y LUV may be fairly new to the music scene but they’re already well on their way to earning spots on iPods and party playlists with recent songs like the electro-rock anthem “Keep It Rollin’.” Young but hardworking, the quintet’s latest single is a nice expansion on their sound from the previous EP “How […]
A night in Hollywood to spin you around: ‣ The RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot is starting the new month off strong – Daniel Lanois & Rocco DeLuca, great at the Satellite a few weeks ago, headline, and L.A.’s Bleached will rock it too. Deluca, it was just announced today, has signed to 429 […]
Before I set about the ritual year-end list-making this coming week, there is one final batch of new 2011 arrivals to share, so you’ll want to tune into the LA Buzz Bands Show tonight at midnight on KCSN (88.5 FM, streaming at KCSN.org). I’ll have new music from Robert DeLong, Saint Motel, Harriet, Yael Meyer, […]
‣ If it’s the first Sunday of the month, that means Daniel Ahearn and the Sunday Night Jones will be playing at the Satellite. L.A. band Taylor Locke & the Roughs and Canadian alternative folk-rock band Deep Dark Woods [See “West Side Street” ] also join in on the fun. ‣ Judson McKinney celebrates the […]
‣ KCRW’s “Are Friends Eclectic?” holkiday benefit at the Orpheum Theatre features Jimmy Cliff, Iron & Wine, Brett Dennen, Other Lives, Mia Doi Todd, White Denim, the Belle Brigade, the Secret Sisters, Zee Avi and others. ‣ Jane Birkin makes her first Los Angeles appearance in seven years at Cal State L.A.’s Luckman Fine Arts […]
Touting giants such as Dolly Parton, Townes Van Zandt and Sam Bush, Sugar Hill Records is a legendary label in itself by way of their artist selection. So, they get another pat on the back when it comes to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based alternative country band the Deep Dark Woods, who have released their fourth record this […]