Pop quintet Youngblood Hawke and electronic explorer Baths will headline the first two nights of the popular First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum. Youngblood Hawke [top], which last April released its debut album “Wake Up,” kicks off the series on Jan. 10 (which is actually the second Friday, ostensibly to give concert-goers a […]
Incoming: NIN, The Bangles, Berlin, Bootleg’s Summer Send-Off, Sun Rai, Katie Costello, Blonde Redhead, Black Sabbath, Fun., Tegan & Sara, Meg Myers, Carly Ritter, Superchunk, Youth Code, Backstreet Boys, Gary Numan, John Hiatt, Gardens & Villa, Eve, Anticon 15-Year Anniversary, Dwight Yoakam, Gold Fields, Los Lobos, Desert Stars Festival, Javier Dunn, ZZ Ward, Vintage Trouble, […]
By Gabriel Jones There was no shortage of sensory assault at the show headlined by the Postal Service at the Greek Theatre on Tuesday night. Baths, local musician Will Wiesenfeld’s solo project, opened the show with a set that sounded like he’d grown up listening to the Postal Service’s “Give Up” and put it through […]
Your very busy and very steamy Friday night: ‣ Milo Greene returns to L.A. for a sold-out hometown show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ‣ It’s a free night of music downtown at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, with Allah Las, Brooklyn’s Prince Rama and Gothic Tropic. ‣ Baths headline the El Rey […]
Incoming: Justin Bieber, Booker T, Patty Griffin, Rachael Yamagata, Bosnian Rainbows, Com Truise, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, David Ford, Ozomatli, Colin Stetson, the Soft Pack, Baths, Allah Las, Mike Epps, Erykah Badu, Wanda Jackson, Everclear, Beyoncé, Paper Route, Donavon Frankenreiter, Twin Shadow, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Snoop Dogg, Bob Log III, R. Kelly, Damian […]
Two years ago Baths, the nom de tune of the San Fernando Valley’s Will Wiesenfeld, was busy being showered with praise for his debut album “Cerulean,” conceived and created in his Chatsworth home. Fresh off a year-long tour, he returned ready to begin the process of creating his full-length sophomore effort, when the young composer’s […]
Lots of choices for your Friday fun: ‣ San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys [see their video for “Presence of Mind”] team up with Terry Malts for a show at the Echo. ‣ The Heavy [see their video for “What Makes a Good Man?] play the El Rey Theatre with the Silent Comedy as support. […]
‣ Tori Amos does the first of two nights at the Orpheum Theatre behind her latest release “Night of Hunters.” Her short film for “Star Whisperer” is worth 10 minutes of your time. ‣ Deadmau5 and James Murphy are joined by Proxy and Eye for “HARD x Mouth Taped Shut” at the Hollywood Palladium. ‣ […]
[The second installment of our Los Angeles-goes-to-SXSW preview:] DAEDELUS If you like: Alfred Darlington. And who the hell doesn’t? What’s up with him: Daedelus emerged from the Dublab crew to become one of the most innovative and eclectic producers around, sporting his dandy look and playing gadgets we won’t pretend to understand. His new album […]
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 […]
