Tonight’s recommendations, and more: ‣ The Henry Clay People, last spotted working up an afternoon sweat at Coachella, return to the cozy confines of the Satellite for the first of two nights celebrating the release of their new EP “This Is a Desert.” The great supporting cast includes Shadow Shadow Shade, Apex Manor and the […]
Cold Cave‘s latest album, “Cherish The Light Years,” has all the elements of “Love Comes Close.” The synth churns, industrial drums and wailing guitars are still the trio’s signature, but on the band’s second album for Matador everything is bigger, louder and, well, more emotional. Songwriter Wesley Eisold’s New Wave influences here veer towards goth-pop […]
[We hope everybody had a great Easter. Here are a few good eggs we’ve been meaning to share…] Cold Cave, “Villians of the Moon” – Dark synth-poppers and recent Coachella standouts Cold Cave continue to tour heavily as they support their new album, “Cherish The Light Years.” They’ll be back in the SoCal area on […]
I’m not sure whether it’s more a 2003 dance-punk blowout, a tribute to influential 1990s artists or a nod to hipster flavors of the minute, but the lineup for this year’s FYF Fest was announced today. The one-day affair, Saturday, Sept. 4, at Los Angeles State Historic Park downtown, features dance-music faves the Rapture and […]
Lou Barlow, who was there at the beginning when Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh started making noise back in the day, visits Spaceland tonight – his Lou Barlow & The Missing Men support the residency of his former bandmate in the Folk Implosion, Imaad Wasif. The final night of Wasif’s Silver Lake stand promises to be […]
It’s a night to celebrate sibling pop at its best – the Watson Twins’ new album “Talking to You, Talking to Me” came out this week on Vanguard, and the follow-up to 2008’s “Fire Songs,” made with Everest guys J. Soda and Russell Pollard, finds sisters Chandra and Leigh exploring territory that’s a bit less […]
Wesley Eisold and Cold Cave are coming back to town this week, so I thought I’d round up the available tracks from the Philadephia-based artist. The band’s debut album “Love Came Close” was one of the surprise hits of 2009 – self-released during the summer, then picked up and released by Matador in November. Cold […]
