Cat Power and the Julie Ruin will be joined by the likes of Kim Gordon & Alex Knost (dba Glitterbust), Kate Nash, Kimya Dawson and Cherry Glazerr at Burger A-Go-Go 2 on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Observatory. The annual Burger Records bash begins the night before with a pre-party featuring Cults and Bleached. General […]
First Monday of the final month of 2013: ‣ Cat Power visits the El Rey Theatre on her solo tour, with Nico Turner supporting. ‣ British singer-songwriter Sam Smith does the first of two sold-out nights at the Troubadour. ‣ VUM [pictured] launches its residency (and celebrated this week’s vinyl release of its album “Psychotropic […]
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
If you live in New York, Cat Power‘s music video for “Manhattan” may warm your heart. Even for those of us in L.A., the clip directed by Chan Marshall and Greg Hunt (who also helped direct “Cherokee”) featuring Marshall walking the streets and subway may prompt a visit to the Big Apple. And for those […]
There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists. And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I’d rather have played […]
By Seraphina Lotkhamnga It’s been a great year of music. My ears have had such a good year that the task of selecting my top albums has never been harder. Perhaps it’s because I’ve whittled down my usual list of 25 albums to 20 this year. Some artists on this list made their L.A. debuts […]
All this in one night? Wonder who’s in charge here … ‣ Seems like about 90% of the punk bands we currently care about are playing tonight in Los Angeles, although at different places. Let’s start with Titus Andronicus, whose new album “Local Business,” is just out. They headline the El Rey, with local heroes […]
Incoming: Leonard Cohen, Refused, Jens Lekman, A Place to Bury Strangers, Andrew W.K., Metz, Japandroids, Titus Andronicus, Cat Power, Delta Spirit, Smoking Popes, Barbra Streisand, Afghan Whigs, Minus the Bear, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Trail of Dead, Y La Bamba, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, Mumford & Sons, the Monkees, the Sea & Cake, […]
It’s been six years since Chan Marshall’s released original material (2006’s “The Greatest”) and four years since her last studio album (2008’s “Jukebox”), but Marshall, aka Cat Power, finally returns with “Ruin.” The surprisingly spirited Latin-flavored track is the first single off her forthcoming album “Sun” (due Sept. 4 via Matador) and may surprise fans […]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Tim Booth of James …] Top shows leading up to the weekend’s big football game: ‣ It’s Har Mar Superstar’s birthday party too – Sean Tillman is turning 33, and his band is kicking off a Friday residency at the Satellite with Giant Drag and Marijuana Deathsquads. Har Mar […]
