“He’s probably mad at us for listening to him,” somebody said to me as Eddie Argos preached to the choir Tuesday night at Spaceland while his Art Brut bandmates cut through the evening haze with a Stooges-worthy din. “And I salute him for that,” I replied, smiling like almost everybody else in the house. Indeed, […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Paul McCartney … in L.A. tonight we have something of a Brooklyn Invasion:] White Rabbits’ new album “It’s Frightening” was produced by Britt Daniel of Spoon, and the music brims with the same spare-but-urgent qualities (that’s the video for “Percussion Gun,” above). The Brooklyn-based sextet headlines the Troubadour tonight […]
The show calendar overfloweth: The Dead Weather’s gnarly blues-rock sounds exactly like what you’d expect, considering the players in the side project – Jack White (White Stripes), Alison Mosshart (the Kills), Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs) and Dean Fertita. [Stream: “Treat Me Like Your Mother.”] Their debut, “Horehound,” is out July 14, and quartet makes its […]
[Apologies – this installment of Tonight in L.A. was delayed by the, ahem, aftereffects of Last Night in L.A. …] It’s no secret how much Art Brut is admired around Buzz Bands HQ; we’ve even been known to affect corny English accents and say “brilliant” as we witness Eddie Argos’ shout-sung self-flagellations. The British quintet […]
Art Brut, “Art Brut vs. Satan” (Downtown, April 21) – Thank the stars Eddie Argos is so self-absorbed, then thank them again that he seems to be such a miserable schmuck. Without those qualities, the repartee on the British quintet’s third album wouldn’t be so hilariously biting. Argos’ shout-sung conversations with himself (which remind me […]
[Culled from recent electronic correspondences:] Singer, songwriter, composer and arena rocker Mark Mallman says via press release that his is re-recording his forthcoming album, tentatively titled “Invincible Criminal,” on Badman Recordings. Yeah, he had one done, and then, “I sat back and listened to a record in the major key, when my life had gone […]
Nailed down your plans for New Year’s Eve yet? The Times has exhaustive guides of options for ringing in 2009 — I went through two plates of hors d’oeuvres just reading them, then got a stomach ache over the ticket prices. Not one to partake of any of the dance-music massives (and not one to […]
David Newton, guitarist in the British quartet the Mighty Lemon Drops (1986-92) and now a local producer, loves to dust off his old 7-inches. His turn as one of the guest DJs at Sunday’s Part Time Punks Festival at the Echo and Echoplex gave him to spin a few tracks from some of the great […]
