Chinatown Summer Nights kicked off in exultant fashion on Saturday night, celebrating Chinatown’s 75th anniversary with the unveiling of a 7-foot statue of Bruce Lee, a birthday cake and a lineup of music that climaxed with fans joining headliners Nightmare & the Cat onstage for a dance-party finale. The fivesome, who revealed they had just […]
Soulful indie-rockers Nightmare & the Cat, the Los Angeles-based quintet masterminded by British brothers Django and Sam Stewart, will headline the LA Weekly Local Music Stage at the kickoff to 2013’s Chinatown Summer Nights on Saturday, June 15. The evening’s festivities will celebrate Chinatown’s 75th Anniversary – and, in a special nod to the area’s […]
Summer weather has arrived in L.A., and shoegazing duo Cobalt Cranes take an appropriate drive in their self-directed music video for “Head in the Clouds.” There’s nothing like a driving into the desert with the top down, but what do you do when you see something glowing in neon colors? If it resembles anything close […]
Plenty to see on a rainy Thursday: ‣ James Levy & the Blood Red Rose – the pairing of Levy and Allison Pierce of the Pierces – visit the Echo behind their new album “Pray to Be Free,” which was produced by Guy Berryman of Coldplay. It’s the first L.A. show for the band on […]
Hard rock and ’90s shoegaze have a new baby, and its name is Cobalt Cranes. The duo, whose members consist of Tim Foley and Kate Betuel, just unveiled “Head in the Clouds.” The title track of their forthcoming debut (slated for an April 9 release via Anticc Records) is a fierce grunge slice of garage-punk, which […]
