I’m not sure whether it’s more a 2003 dance-punk blowout, a tribute to influential 1990s artists or a nod to hipster flavors of the minute, but the lineup for this year’s FYF Fest was announced today. The one-day affair, Saturday, Sept. 4, at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown, features dance-music faves the Rapture and […]
[Birthday bump to Kanye West today. Busy night tonight ..] Top 5 places to be after tonight’s game 3 of the NBA Finals: ‣ I’m pretty sure, after watching the cool video for “USA Boys” (director, John Famiglietti; cinematographer, Matt Lloyd) that L.A. quartet Health ought to stick to disco. The Alan Moulder-mixed single is […]
Florida quartet Surfer Blood, coming off a strong week of shows at SXSW and still riding the buzz they earned with their 2009 album “Astro Coast,” has top billing in Saturday’s Waved Out Music Fest, being presented by Aquarium Drunkard at the Echo and Echoplex. Depending on your tastes, you can go festival-crazy this weekend […]
Lou Barlow, who was there at the beginning when Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh started making noise back in the day, visits Spaceland tonight – his Lou Barlow & The Missing Men support the residency of his former bandmate in the Folk Implosion, Imaad Wasif. The final night of Wasif’s Silver Lake stand promises to be […]
Wesley Eisold and Cold Cave are coming back to town this week, so I thought I’d round up the available tracks from the Philadephia-based artist. The band’s debut album “Love Came Close” was one of the surprise hits of 2009 – self-released during the summer, then picked up and released by Matador in November. Cold […]
