Eastern Conference Champions have no record label, no manager, no publicist and no lawyer. But on Wednesday the woefully under-appreciated [well, not everywhere] Los Angeles trio landed one of the 15 songs on the soundtrack to “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” – putting them in the company of the likes of Muse, Metric, the Dead Weather, […]
French songstress (and actress) Charlotte Gainsbourg is preparing her first album in four years, “IRM,” and she has some pretty heavyweight collaborators: Nigel Godrich, Jarvis Cocker, Air and … Beck, who produces and duets with Serge Gainsbourg’s daughter on the song “Heaven Can Wait.” I’m not sure I grasp the meaning of any of […]
[One sentence or so, over and out …] The roster at Anti- Records gets even more eclectic with today’s news of the signing of Dead Man’s Bones, the project of Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling and fellow actor Zach Shields, whose debut album (produced by Ima Robot’s Tim Anderson) will come out Oct. 6. (Click on image […]
[Some of the lots and lots of things that have come to my attention …] Coming soon to the Beck.com website will be a section called Record Club – which will feature mp3s of songs from studio sessions during which Beck and his pals will re-record an entire album in a single day, sans rehearsal. […]
[A tip of the birthday cap to John Oates …] Behind the band’s new album “Hungry Bird” – completed last year after being shelved for a couple of years – Eef Barzelay brings the re-formed Clem Snide to Spaceland, with support from locals Le Switch, who have a new EP themselves. … Deep Sea Diver, […]
[Joel and Benji Madden celebrate their birthday today, on what apparently is a popular day to be born, judging from the number of reminders on my pesky my social networks. Can we just automate the huzzahs?] It’s not his birthday until Saturday, but tonight’s installment of Low End Theory at the Airliner is being called […]
Beck will play a benefit show on Wednesday at the Echo – the almost-secret gig originally was announced on his website last week. Now the venue is releasing a small number of tickets via Ticketweb. Doors at 7 p.m.; tickets are $35.
[A taker of notes shares some:] ”¢ There they are: Except for a couple late-2008 shows, we haven’t heard much from the Like recently – unless you like to pore over the Cobrasnake’s photo galleries. But the L.A. trio is surfacing on the high-profile compilation album, “War Child Heroes,” a benefit for children affected by […]
There are 112 albums in my “L.A. stack” for this year, and a few might have been misplaced in my job transition. Here are my favorites: 1. Darker My Love, “2” (Dangerbird) — A wide-ranging psych-rock record with the legs to take you almost anywhere. 2. Everest, “Ghost Notes” (Vapor) — Indie Americana that will […]
[Some 200-plus shows later, here are my favorite sets of 2008, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1 . You have a favorite? Tell me about it in the comments …] 10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jan. 25, Safari Sam’s: Probably my fondest memory of Safari Sam’s, the east Hollywood club whose lowlights exceeded […]
