Heady stuff, this new video from Autolux. The L.A. art-rock trio’s 2010 album “Transit Transit” has a way of getting inside your head, and the video for the album’s closing track “The Science of Imaginary Solutions” suggests that if you spend too much time there you might not like what you find. The animated piece […]
Kicking off the first weekend in March: ‣ Releasing an album, “Gemini,” followed by an EP, “Golden Haze,” Virginia’s Wild Nothing won a lot of indie hearts last year. Songwriter Jack Tatum and band bring their dream-pop to this month’s installment of First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, where they are supported by L.A.’s […]
[2010, don’t let the door hit you in the ass … But as you leave, please do so melodically:] My top 5 musical outings* for New Year’s Eve: ‣ The Raveonettes and Autolux at the Standard Hotel Hollywood. Actually, I’d be interested to hear both those bands cover Auld Lang Syne. ($60). ‣ Lucinda Williams […]
The favorite 40 local albums of 2010 as rendered by a listener who tries be open to sounds from every niche in our fair region, who tries not be swayed by hype, and who makes no apologies for liking his meat and potatoes. 1. Local Natives, “Gorilla Manor” (Frenchkiss) This was more of a 2009 […]
I’m in the desert this weekend for Coachella. If you’re in Los Angeles, you have plenty of reasons to leave the house, including Autolux (Friday at the Bootleg), the Swedish duo jj [pictured], who are performing at the Echoplex on Saturday, and Love Is All, who are the Echo on Sunday. For a rundown of […]
G is for Goldenvoice. G is for all the grousing I heard about the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival lineup when it was announced three months ago (all but silenced now). G is for all the grumbling about the festival’s new policy to not sell one-day passes (still hearing that). And G is for […]
[Happy tax day. How many of you are spending your return on Coachella?] They’ve escaped Orange County for the friendly confines of NYC, but the Willowz are fondly remembered here. Their latest album “Everyone” came out in December (and maybe got lost in the pre-holiday shuffle), and it’s a howling-good collection of punky psych-rock that […]
Autolux, the always-compelling and sometimes-mysterious L.A. art rock trio, have signed to TBD Records, which will release their long-awaited sophomore album “Transit Transit.” An announcement on the band’s website says the release date has not yet been decided, but the band has booked a show on April 16 at the Bootleg Theater. That’s the day […]
Could the long wait finally be over? I hear that L.A. art-rock trio Autolux is close to signing a deal and that the album “Transit Transit” will be released this summer. It would be the first album from Eugene Goreshter, Carla Azar and Greg Edwards since “Future Perfect” in 2004. ‣ Castledoor plays its final […]
Somebody has deep pockets. The teenage L.A. rock band Acidic won an eBay auction to play a main-stage slot at Sunday’s second day of the Bamboozle Left Festival at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – with a bid of more than $13,000. The money benefits the One Love for Chi Foundation, the charity that is helping Deftones […]
