[Happy Monday. For all you Daft Punk fans, Jason Bentley will be debuting tracks from the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack at 10 this morning on your friendly neighborhood public radio station …] Top 2 audio/visual spectacles this evening: ‣ Roger Waters performs “The Wall” live at Staples Center. ‣ Sonic experimentalists the Books, joined by Temporary […]
[Birthday wishes go out today to Karen O …] Top 3 shows/events for your divergent musical interests: ‣ New Zealand quintet the Naked and Famous (taken from a Tricky lyric and not the Presidents of the United States of America song) seem to have taken MGMT’s ball and run with it. Well, the part of […]
Top show that’s probably worth the road trip: ‣ Blonde Redhead (with Olof Arnalds opening) plays the Glass House in Pomona. The trio’s new album”Penny Sparkle” is more ambient than “23” (the Buzz Bands album of the year in ’07) – easy stuff in which to lose yourself, as the five songs they perform in […]
[My vacation is over and it’s back to business. Like wishing Sam Sparro a happy birthday…] Top rock stops if you’re not headed to Night 3 of Florence + the Machine: ‣ Busy boys, those Chasing Kings. They kicked off their Silverlake Lounge residency last week and allowed as how they’re holing up in the […]
