“Skeleton Is Walking” is the first single from Blake Mills’ new album, “Jelly Road,” co-written with Vermont musician Chris Weisman and due July 14. The pair will perform two southern California dates this month.
Around the interwebs today: The 1975, Virtual LemonAid, 320 Festival, Blake Mills, Low, Eleni Mandell< Jessica Childress, Frankie Cosmos, Taleen Kali, and much more.
Phoebe Bridgers’ sophomore album “Punisher” will arrive in June. She takes flight in the new single “Kyoto.”
Blake Mills introduces his new album “Mutable Set” with the arresting but warm song “Vanishing Twin.” The album is out May 8.
An all-star cast will perform on Sept. 30 at the Regent Theater to celebrate the life and music of the late Neal Casal.
Crane Like the Bird, the project of drummer-songwriter Kyle Crane, releases its debut album Friday. The album features Conor Oberst, James Mercer, Ben Bridwell, Luke Steele, Sabina Sciubba, Peter Moren, M. Ward, Blake Mills, Daniel Lanois and Brad Meldau.
Kyle Crane enlists many of the artists for whom he has drummed — Conor Oberst, Ben Bridwell, James Mercer, Luke Steele, M. Ward, Peter Morén, M. Ward, Blake Mills and Daniel Lanois among them — to contribute to his debut album “Crane Like the Bird.”
The crowd at Day 1 of Music Tastes Good got quality and diversity — including New Order’s headlining set, Broken Social Scene’s album performance, Santigold’s wild party and Princess Nokia’s consciousness-raising.
Also: George Thorogood, Springtime Carnivore, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Optimo, Tommy Emmanuel, Gingger Shankar, Kat Dahlia, the California Honeydrops, Hollywood Vampires
Including: Mad Decent Block Party, Long Beach Folk Revival Festival, LA Psych Fest, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wavves, Donavon Frankenreiter, the Revivalists, Hum, Ben Harper, Ibeyi, Mac McCaughan, Los Lobos, the Continental Drifters and more.
