British electro-pop band Metronomy offers this Alexander Orlando Smith-directed clip for “Everything Goes My Way” featuring vocalist Roxanne Clifford, a track that is easily one of the best songs off their Mercury Prize-nominated third studio album, “The English Riviera.” The video, with its wildlife, greenery and feel of the great outdoors, complements the tune’s innate […]
[Some tunes from a few artists we haven’t heard from in a while…] Fun., “We Are Young ft. Janelle Monae” ”“ Nate Ruess (formerly of the Format) and his band fun. returns with a new single off their follow-up to “Aim and Ignite.” The song features R&B singer Janelle Monae, who they are currently supporting […]
Hey. It’s Wednesday. ‣The project Papa (fronted by the handsome dudes above, Girls drummer Darren Weiss and pal Daniel Presant) bring their indie rock grooviness to The Bootleg Theater for an EP release show of “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find” [Check their video for “I Am The Lion King.” ] Also on board […]
L.A. quartet Hands prestidigitate in a world where synths change cloud formations, rhythms alter the horizon and Geoffrey Halliday’s vocals soar above it all, at once hopeful and yearning. Halliday and bandmates Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff have been crafting a new EP’s worth of music for a year now (see our premiere […]
Swahili Blonde‘s music isn’t for the folk who mind structure and accessible melody. The dub and no wave eight-piece supergroup featuring members of Dante Vs. Zombies, the Like, Raw Geronimo, WEAVE! and Devo have always swayed to sideways time signatures. However, “Psycho Tropical Ballet Pink” (out Nov. 15 on Nicole Turley and John Frusciante’s label […]
Citing a “family emergency,” Jenny Lewis has postponed a string of West Coast shows scheduled for this month. Included were SoCal dates Oct. 15 at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, Oct. 16 at McCabe’s and Oct. 17 at Largo, along with a scheduled appearance later in the month at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit […]
With its ticklish guitar line and groovy groove, “I Am the Lion King” – the first single from Papa – has plenty of spring in its step, even if the band’s creator, singer-drummer Darren Weiss, might not. Weiss, the Encino native who formed the band with pal Daniel Presant, is also the drummer for Girls, […]
Happy Tuesday: ‣ Radical Face, the nom de tune of Florida’s Ben Cooper, plays the Bootleg Theater behind his rapturous new album “The Family Tree: The Roots.” He’ll be backed by the Easterly Singers Choir, and Walking Sleep will open. [See Radical Face’s “A Pound of Flesh” video.] ‣ The soulful Chris Pierce celebrates the […]
“She drives cause there’s a lot of road,” Brooklyn-based songwriter-composer Gabriel Kahane sings to the city of his birth in “LA,” one of the most arresting, and most straightforward, moments on his new album “Where Are the Arms.” The 30-year-old son of pianist and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conductor Jeffrey Kahane takes a wistful and […]
It’s been three years since Death to Anders released “Fictitious Business,” an album steeped in Sonic Youth indie rock and Silver Lake youth attitude. While the neighborhood has bloomed with bands hawking other fashions – syrupy synth-pop, retro garage-rock, flannel-clad folk – the L.A. triumvirate of Robs has minded its original business. Singer-guitarist Rob Danson, […]