It’s a fantabulous Friday: ‣ Back in April, Eastern Conference Champions (that Joshua Ostrander, pictured) released one of our favorite albums of the year, “Speak-Ahh.” The trio warms up for a trip overseas with a date at the Satellite, supported by Duniven and Warships. ‣ Surfer Blood, with a new EP “Tarot Classic” on the […]
Andy Clockwise certainly knows how to close out a residency. In honor of the final night of his month-long stand at the Satellite, the L.A.-by-way-of-Australia rocker is giving away a free download of his album “The Socialite.” Like his live shows, the album wraps pop and punk rock into a bar brawl-ready concoction, with the […]
Mainstream music under the stars, and the red-hot residencies: ‣ Maroon 5, Train and Gavin DeGraw do the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Sugarland, Sara Bareilles, Casey James team up at the Greek Theatre. ‣ The hottest free show in town? It certainly has been every Monday this month – Crystal Antlers close out their residency at […]
Your choices for Monday fun: ‣ Vanessa Carlton, her fourth album “Rabbits on the Run” on the way due July 26, visits the RSVP-only It’s A School Night at Bardot. Electric Guest also performs. ‣ Thao & Mirah, their self-titled album on Kill Rock Stars winning a lot of indie hearts, visit the Hotel Cafe. […]
Midweek fare that’s better than fair: ‣ Australia-bred Andy Clockwise’s long-awaited album “The Socialite,” a genre-hopping collection of biting, wry and occasionally hilarious rockers, came out this week. [You can stream the album here.] His trio headlines the Troubadour tonight, with Robotanists and George Stanford supporting. ‣ The Airborne Toxic Event plays the third of […]
Tonight’s top shows: ‣ USC’s favorite a cappella gone instrumental boys, Lady Danville, headline a sold-out Troubadour show with Buzz Bands favorites Family of the Year and Voxhaul Broadcast as support. ‣ Worcester, Mass-based band, DOM, plays another L.A. show. This time they headline the Satellite with Miniature Tigers and Heavy Hawaii opening. ||| Download: […]
[Friday night is when SXSW hits you – at least if you were stupid enough to use too much fuel the first two days, which I was. So some best-laid plans went awry, I ended up straying from my usual strategy of avoiding L.A. bands in Austin and only a pep talk from a polite […]
[Happy Fat Tuesday … Can’t think of a better way to start it that Vaud & the Villains’ in-store performance at 3 this afternoon at Amoeba. Then there’s the rest of your night:] A bunch of small shows and one big one: ‣ This month’s installment of Buzz Bands LA’s SecondTuesday songwriter series at Lot […]
[What a strange and wonderful batch of shows this first weekend of 2011 offers. It’s even Dave Matthews’ birthday on Sunday, so celebrate responsibly …] Top 5 weekend outings: ‣ It’s a long story involving a broken back, Enrique Iglesias, and time in Australia with Ben Harper and in Russia with Cossacks, but Scott Thomas […]
Dig this: New York City four-piece the Dig – not to be confused with old ’90s faves Dig – named their band in honor of the movie “Dig,” the Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols documentary. (I know, that’s a lot of Digs in one sentence.) The Dig’s sometimes-atmospheric, always-hooky indie-rock only has a little bit in […]
