Winging it on a Wednesday: ‣ U.K. quartet the Darkness rocks Club Nokia behind its comeback album “Hot Cakes.” You want camp? You should check out the video for “Everybody Have a Good Time,” which we can’t quite bring ourselves to post here ‣ Joss Stone visits the Wiltern behind her new album “The Soul […]
Tips for your Tuesday: ‣ Buzz Bands LA’s monthly songwriter series continues at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park, topped by Chicago-bred, L.A.-based songstress Haroula Rose (pictured), freshly returned from Athens, Ga., where she was working on recording her next album. Rose figures to have some new songs, and she’ll be joined by Geronimo Getty, […]
Your Thursday show menu: ‣ Experimental pop/soul/jazz troubadour Forrest Day visits the Satellite, along with indie-rock tribute band Black Crystal Wolf Kids and Whiskey Saints. That’s Day’s bizarre-but-cool video for “Sleepwalk,” above. ‣ South African trio Civil Twilight does an early show at the Bootleg Bar. ‣ DJs Peanut Butter Wolf and Rich Medina (and […]
Pigeon John has canceled his remaining 2010 tour dates, including an appearance Dec. 16 at the Echoplex – a spokesperson cited “unforeseen health issues,” declining to elaborate further – but a digital dose of L.A. most genial hip-hop guy is always in order. In October, John released his seventh album, “Dragon Slayer” (Quannum), which has […]
