Bella Darling may be a new name over on this side of the pond, but she’s already played festivals like Primavera Sound with only an EP titled “Man In Sea” under her belt. Now she is making some noise in her new base of L.A. Although originally from Barcelona, Spain, Darling recorded her debut with […]
Far from trying to curate anything, or even connecting the present to the neighborhood’s rock ’n’ roll legacy, the Sunset Strip Music Festival last Saturday merely offered something for everybody. Fans responded with their pocketbooks and feet: The festival appeared more crowded that 2012’s Motley Crue-headlined party, although promoters put the attendance at the same […]
A very happy Monday to you: ‣ Big night of pop and rock at the Hollywood Bowl, with Kelly Clarkson (pictured) headlining and the Fray and Carolina Liar kicking things off. ‣ Neon Trees rock the Wiltern behind their latest effort “Picture Show.” Penguin Prison and JJAMZ open. ‣ Andy Clockwise and Of Verona team […]
Incoming: Hard Summer 2012, the New L.A. Folk Fest, Kelly Clarkson, Neon Trees, Andy Clockwise, the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Tenacious D, Jason Falkner, the Mynabirds, Best Coast, Tears for Fears, TV on the Radio, Grouplove, Real Estate, the Belle Brigade, Beachwood Sparks, the Bangles, Tempest and more. Above: Chrysta Bell, the singer who collaborated with […]
Andy Clockwise is a manipulator, a button-pusher, a shameless plunderer of musical styles who looks like a mob accountant but plays like he should be wearing Spandex. He swears like a 17-year-old dirtbag and often attracts crowds populated by former 17-year-old dirtbags now refining those social skills in collared-shirt adulthood. ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo […]
Your wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Electro whiz Robert DeLong [that’s him and his arsenal of gear at Silver Lake Jubilee, above], just signed to Glassnote Records, headlines the Troubadour, supported by Incan Abraham and Tapioca and the Flea and Incan Abraham at the Troubadour ‣ Andy Clockwise plays King King, debuting material from his forthcoming “War […]
Incoming: Family of the Year, Of Verona, P.O.D., Eleni Mandell, Oak & Gorski, Sea Wolf, Mustard Pimp, Andy Clockwise, Marina & the Diamonds, Robert DeLong, the Bouncing Souls, X, Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, Sonny & the Sunsets, Aesop Rock, Azealia Banks and more. Above: Azealia Banks’ video for “Liquorice.” The 21-year-old, with […]
A great Friday lineup to send you into your weekend: ‣ L.A. sextet Races headlines the Troubadour behind its new album “Year of the Witch,” with Gliss and Lili Haydn supporting. ‣ Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, whose solo album “Sun Midnight Sun” came out in May, visits the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena for one in […]
“I’m losing my steam,” Andy Clockwise moans with more than the requisite degree of world-weariness in his new song “Steam Dream.” Which is impossible to imagine, considering the feisty pop-rock on the L.A.-based Australian’s debut album “The Socialite.” There, Clockwise – equal parts balladeer, jester and brawler – used his hooks and humor to joust […]
L.A. rocker Andy Clockwise’s new video for the insistent jammer “Love and War” – off his April release “The Socialite” – engages in some nifty sleight-of-hand and typical (for Clockwise, anyway) theatrics. Because, as he reminds in the chorus, “All is fair in love and war.” In the Clockwise-directed clip, filmed by Robert Murphy, Jade […]
