Wednesday’s show offerings: ‣ Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman visits the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever behind his new EP for Secretly Canadian, “An Argument With Myself.” ||| Download: “An Argument With Myself” [audio:http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/argument.mp3] ‣ It’s be a night of fun electro at the Bootleg Theater, where Neon Indian and Com Truise perform. That’s the video […]
The Cure are taking the “album concert” to another level. The Goth forerunners are planning a “Relections” tour on which they will play their first three albums in their entirety at each show, followed by an encore of other favorites. The Los Angeles dates are Nov. 21, 22 and 23 at the Pantages Theatre, and […]
Robert Fleming could probably recommend a good cabernet, or wax poetic on the bouquet of that 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, but it’s what’s fermenting in his Silver Lake bedroom that’s equally tasty. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter (day job: the wine industry) makes music under the name Victory, and his first one-man excursion into pop territory is an […]
Busy Tuesday for legends as well as locals: ‣ Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys headline the Greek Theatre, with Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller supporting. Harris’ 21st album, “Hard Bargain,” came out in April. ‣ Steve Earle and the Dukes visit the House of Blues. Earle’s new album “I’ll Never Get Out of […]
Jonathan Bates’ formidable foray into electronica – chronicled in our posts on “Huggin & a Kissin” and “Capsize” – comes to fruition this week with the release of his project Big Black Delta’s “BBDLP1” (in very pretty vinyl, apparently). The former Mellowdrone frontman’s bombastic take on ’80s synth-pop has turned more than a few ears […]
Sleeper Agent’s elastic garage-pop seems transported from another era, before anybody needed face paint or glowsticks to have a good party. The sextet out of Bowling Green, Ky., fuses rubber-band guitar riffs, pogoing-ready rhythms and shout-along choruses in a delirious collision of pop hooks and rock attitude. Thankfully, singer Alex Kandel and bandmates Justin Wilson, […]
Echo Park goes global for four days beginning Thursday, Oct. 6, when the Culture Collide festival returns for a second year, bringing artists from 24 countries to eight venues – and, on Sunday, to a three-stage street fair. The festival, the brainchild of the magazine/marketing firm Filter, will be highlighted by two performances by Brazil’s […]
From the moment Kristin Gundred (aka Dee Dee) and her Dum Dum Girls mates jumped into the girl-group fray, it’s been a battle of style vs. substance, with neat bangs and black mini-dresses usually coming out on top. The quartet’s sophomore album, “Only in Dreams” (out Tuesday on Sub Pop) changes that – it’s sturdy […]
The songs of Vanish Valley come from a lot of different places – geographical locales, yes, but harder-to-access regions like the head and the heart too. They’re the brainchild of Andrew McAllister, whose leathery voice suggests he spent a minute or two in Austin’s dive bars after moving there from the Northwest. McAllister, a film […]
[It’s a little bit like our Austin showcase, all over again …] Monday night’s tunes: ‣ Hanni El Khatib (pictured at the Buzz Bands LA party in Austin in March) celebrates the release of his debut album “Will the Guns Comes Out” at the Echo, leading into the final performing of Kissing Cousins’ residency. ‣ […]
