[Saturday notebook … updated] ‣ Orange County-bred folk-rock quintet Mississippi Man [pictured], who put out their debut album “A-OK” this summer, is calling it quits. The band’s final show will be Sunday at the Bootleg Theater. Said David Knight via e-mail: “We felt like we went as far as we could with MM.” ‣ Grouplove, […]
Richie James Follin is a hard guy to follow. He rocketed out of Anaheim about seven years ago fronting the Willowz, who’ve made four pretty good albums and probably would be a booming concern had not the last two come out on Dim Mak Records. He made a slightly unwieldy but still worthy solo album […]
Two reasons I wish I could be in two places at one time: ‣ Shadow Shadow Shade celebrates the release of its debut album [preview here; download here] at the Echoplex, supported by Eastern Conference Champions and Lesands. ‣ The Morning Benders headline the Music Box, with Twin Sister and Cults opening. Photo of Shadow […]
The bursts of noisy guitar in the Morning Benders’ song “All Day Day Light” [that’s the new, Jack Ferry-directed video, above] is the perfect accompaniment to today’s news that the SoCal-born quartet, now splitting their time between San Francisco, New York and the road, has grown into a headliner act. The Benders, riding high on […]
