More than two dozen Los Angeles bands (not to mention worker bees from all tentacles of the music industry) will converge on San Diego next weekend for the San Diego Music Thing, a mini-South by Southwest that offers two-plus days of club shows and workshops. Highlights include sets by Linda Perry’s Deep Dark Robot and […]
Too much Tuesday: ‣ Canadian hardcore punks F*cked Up, their new album “David Comes to Life” (out in June) getting a lot of deserved accolades, visit the El Rey Theatre, with L.A.’s own Fidlar and Sacramento’s Trash Talk opening. That’s F*cked Up’s video for “Queens of Hearts,” above. ‣ WU LYF, the Manchester up-and-comers whose […]
The Los Angeles underground has always been a sprawling, gnarly place, and a new collection titled “Beat L.A.” goes where few covers albums have gone before. The project – from Narnack Records and Greatmind Records – is a charity effort benefiting Doctors Without Borders and that organization’s relief efforts in earthquake-torn Haiti. The compilation (out […]
Mainstream music under the stars, and the red-hot residencies: ‣ Maroon 5, Train and Gavin DeGraw do the Hollywood Bowl. ‣ Sugarland, Sara Bareilles, Casey James team up at the Greek Theatre. ‣ The hottest free show in town? It certainly has been every Monday this month – Crystal Antlers close out their residency at […]
Your choices for Monday fun: ‣ Vanessa Carlton, her fourth album “Rabbits on the Run” on the way due July 26, visits the RSVP-only It’s A School Night at Bardot. Electric Guest also performs. ‣ Thao & Mirah, their self-titled album on Kill Rock Stars winning a lot of indie hearts, visit the Hotel Cafe. […]
[Happy Fourth of July – make it a safe one, yes? Many venues are taking the holiday off, but not all …] Your post-fireworks fireworks: ‣ Crystal Antlers, their new album “Two-Way Mirror” [see June’s post] out next week, kick off their residency at the Echo. Fidlar and Bass Drum of Death support. ‣ The […]
What better way to mark the official beginning of summer than to share Crystal Antlers’ new video for “Summer Solstice?” The Long Beach noiseniks are bouncing back after the meltdown of their first label home, Tough and Go Records, and releasing their new album “Two-Way Mirror” via their own Recreation Ltd. imprint. The album, mixed […]
This installment of our intermittent mixtapes, The Buzzsicle, Vol. 13, is devoted to the weekend’s second annual Silverlake Jubilee, which gives you a lot of bang for 5 bucks. I’ve compiled an hour’s worth of music from 18 of the artists playing the festival. Enjoy. ||| Download: The Buzzsicle 13 (84 MB) After the jump, […]
[Just in time for the beginning of baseball season – and the arrival of the Baseball Project – your humble blogger returns from some time in a distant land, away from the noise. That one mixtape I made for driving through the Midwest was pretty killer, though …] Already, my most difficult show-going decision of […]
Tonight … tonight … tonight: ‣ L.A.’s favorite track-suited Norwegians, Datarock, are sprinting across the U.S. in suport of their new album “Music for Synchronization” and touting what they’ve called “the most extravagant single in the world,” the track “Catcher in the Rye.” The song is available on a 4GB USB stick – that also […]
