Nice and slow is Kevin Morby‘s new motto. The bassist for Woods and co-founder of the Babies sets out on a solo endeavor with his debut “Harlem River,” and it’s a velvet-smooth ride. As an homage to New York City, his home for five years until he recently relocated to Los Angeles, the songs that […]
Incoming: Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party, Holychild, Lissie, Freedy Johnston, Jay Z, Emilie Autumn, Brian Posehn, Brand New, Tapioca & the Flea, the Head and the Heart, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Climbers, the Silent Comedy, Samantha Pearl, the Olms, the Maine, the Mowgli’s, Merle Haggard, Banks, Basia Bulat, Realities, the Visitors, Ari Hest, Third Eye […]
Happy Saturday: ‣ Filter Magazine’s annual Culture Collide Festival goes out with a bang tonight with bands such as the Raveonettes, Rhye, Liars, King Khan and the Shrines, Incan Abraham and more. Updated set times at the end of this post, plus one late change: The Pack A.D. have canceled their set at Lot 1 […]
Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon returns with the new album “Mug Museum” Nov. 12 via Turnstile, and if you haven’t heard the lead single “I Think I Knew,” a heartbreaking song in collaboration with Perfume Genius, “Are You With Me Now?” will entice. With her delicate accent and phrasing, the new charming single will prompt […]
‣ Garbage headlines the Palladium behind their new album “Not Your Kind of People,” with Screaming Females opening. ‣ The Shins visit the Gibson Amphitheatre of their acclaimed new album “Port of Morrow,” and joining them on this tour is Washed Out, the woozy electronic band fronted by Ernest Greene whose own new album “Within […]
And so starts a seriously busy week: ‣ Riding praise from her recently released album “CYRK,” Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon plays the free, RSVP-only It’s a School Night at Bardot along with John C. Reilly and friends (those friends being Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau) and buzzing L.A. sister act Haim. ‣ Milo Greene […]
[Some tunes from a few artists we haven’t heard from in a while…] Fun., “We Are Young ft. Janelle Monae” ”“ Nate Ruess (formerly of the Format) and his band fun. returns with a new single off their follow-up to “Aim and Ignite.” The song features R&B singer Janelle Monae, who they are currently supporting […]
I first heard Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon as the sultry voice in the song “I Lust You,” which appeared on the “Stainless Style” album from Neon Neon (the neo-disco Boom Bip/Gruff Rhys project). The stuff on her solo album “Me Oh My,” released today in the U.S. via the Control Group, is much more […]
