Around town tonight: ‣ Belter Erika Wennerstrom and Heartless Bastards hit the Echoplex behind their new album “Arrows,” with David Vandervelde and Brian Lopez supporting. ‣ The Far West bring their twangy stylings to the Echo, with Jackson Tanner and Geronimo Getty opening. ‣ Bronze Swagger bring their funky psych-pop to the Bootleg Bar, heading […]
Tonight’s menu: ‣ North Carolina’s Lost in the Trees brings the choral chamber-pop on its second album “A Church That Fits Our Needs to the Echo, wher Poor Moon and Hi Ho Silver Oh support. That’s the headliner’s video for “Red,” above. ‣ Two artists who wowed us at SXSW, the Lumineers and Y La […]
If you spent any part of last week in Austin for SXSW, it’s quite possible you’ve not yet recovered. If you spent much time at Mess With Texas – the three-day party co-sponsored by FYF Fest – we’re pretty sure you haven’t. The parties at the 1100 Warehouse featured explosive sets from Girls, Titus Andronicus, […]
The last time I witnessed the Henry Clay People play a New Year’s Eve show: The Satellite was known as Spaceland; the Henry Clays covered “Sometime Around Midnight” at, well, about midnight; there was an onstage marriage proposal; the band played 90-plus minutes of classic rock covers in addition to an hour of their own […]
All over the map tonight: ‣ Spindrift, L.A.’s singular purveyor of spaghetti Western psychedelia, celebrate the release of their new album “Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1” at the Echoplex, supported by the Icarus Line and the Gram Rabbit side project the Country. The videos and trailers for the music on Spindrift’s new collection – all collaborations […]
[Buzz Bands LA and friends were out in force at this year’s FYF Fest. Part 1 of 4:] Fool’s Gold ”¢ Mister Heavenly ”¢ The Head & the Heart ”¢ Smith Westerns ”¢ Cults ”¢ Cold War Kids ”¢ Guided by Voices ”¢ Broken Social Scene ”¢ Descendents ”¢ Death From Above 1979 Photo galleries: […]
Top of the Thursday to you: ‣ The 2011 edition of Also I Like to Rock at the Hammer Museum closes with a bang tonight, with sets from the Henry Clay People and Lady Danville. The Henry Clays are working on material for their next album after this spring’s very strong “This Is a Desert” […]
[Happy birthday to Pete Yorn, 37 years old today. Here’s what’s up tonight …] Your midweek mix: ‣ It’s a homecoming of sorts for Richie James Follin, the O.C. native who fronts (fronted?) the Willowz for four albums and now lives on the other coast making doo wop-meets-Kinks music as Guards. Guards have more substance […]
From the depths of my reporter’s notebook (yeah, I still carry one): ‣ Swervedriver’s recent blast from the past at the Echoplex felt like a class reunion. Could’ve sworn I recognized two dozen faces from their great performance a couple years ago at Coachella. And it’s not out of the question that Adam Franklin and […]
Who: Cults in the Gobi Tent In Three or Fewer Words: Retro. Twee. Xylophones. I’ll Remember This Until: The next time I hear “Son of a Preacherman.” This blog-approved retro-soul duo (expanded to six pieces for this show) plays girl-led, melody-laden throwaways as enjoyable as they are disposable. She’s attractive; he plays
